lee westwood and ian poulter are _ were on. lee westwood and ian poulter are among _ were on.g the - were on. lee westwood and ian poulter are among the british i poulter are among the british players to be suspended, met with neither side appearing to back down, the power struggle around the future of golf looks set to ramble on for some time to comment. our golf correspondent iain carterjoins us live from the centurion club. iain, a shotgun start and shots fired from across the atlantic. the response from the us pga was swift, but probablyjust what greg norman and this liv series wanted. i think that as you heard there in that report the liv series golf enterprise is branding the pga tour action of announcing the suspensions as divisive but they were not a bit surprised by it. the players will have been surprised by an those who resigned the membership in the pga tour, they are not facing the prospect of not being able to play as sponsor invites which of you will thought that might have been their way of getting around any possible suspensions. so it is a draconian action ta

lee westwood and ian poulter are among the british players to be suspended, met with neither side appearingcomment. the man in charge of policing the champions league final in paris last month has apologised for using tear gas against liverpool fans outside the stadium — whilst also defending the actions of his officers which he claims saved lives. videos from the stadium showed fans — including children — being pepper sprayed. the chief of paris police continues to blame thousands of fake tickets for overcrowding — a claim that has been widely disputed. i absolutely firmly believe that these are attempting to cover their own backsides and not learn the lessons. because what we should be doing is saying, this should never be replicated. they should never happen again, the scenes we had to endure. children being tear—gassed, pensioners getting pepper—sprayed. i have never seen anything like it, and i don't want to see anything like it again. it is really worrying the french police and politicians are looking ——aren�*t at the truth factor so they can rectify the situation. if they don't do it

confirmed for the event are the former world number one dustin johnson, sergio garcia, lee westwood, ian poulterled out of the remainder of the test series against england through injury. the zimba bwean—born kiwi suffered a tear in his right heel while bowling on day 3 of the first test at lords and was unable to bowl on the final day of his side's five—wicket defeat. he's now looking at 10 to 12 weeks away from the game. michael bracewell has been named as his replacement. it's stage 3 of the criterium du dauphine on tuesday. a 169—kilometre, hilly stage from saint paulien to chastreix sancey in south central france. alexis vuillermoz will be wearing the leader's yellow jersey after taking stage 2. the frenchman's breakaway group on monday just managed to stay clear of the chasing peloton. olivier le gac kicked the sprint into life at the end of the stage from saint—peray to brives—charensac, but vuillermoz edged past his compatriot to claim his first win in over three years with anders skaarseth back in second. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but

around £20 million is up for grabs, 42 players have been confirmed including england's lee westwood, ian poulterland, and northern ireland's graeme mcdowell. one man who won't be there is six time major winner phil mickelson, who's long been linked with the breakaway event, but said he was taking abreak from the game in february. that's all the sport for now. we look forward to seeing you, thank you. let's get more now on the news that within the past 2a hours, both the us and germany have announced that they're to send new weapons systems to ukraine. germany has this morning promised kyiv an air defence system — the iris—t system — which chancellor 0laf scholz says will enable ukraine to defend an entire city against russian air attacks. it comes after president biden confirmed that the us is to provide more advanced rocket systems — something the ukrainians have long been requesting. earlier, we spoke to the former uk ambassador to ukraine, simon smith, to discuss the provision of new weapons systems, and the impact of economic sanctions on russia. it is hopeful that it will give ukraine new c

well, england's lee westwood and ian poulter have also signed up.re quizzed on the moral questions around the saudifunding... is there anywhere you wouldn't play? if vladimir putin had a tournament, would you peter? that if vladimir putin had a tournament, would you peter?— would you peter? that speculation, and i've got a comment on - and i've got a comment on speculation. and i've got a comment on seculation. ., , , speculation. in the generality, is there anywhere _ speculation. in the generality, is there anywhere you _ speculation. in the generality, is there anywhere you wouldn't - speculation. in the generality, is| there anywhere you wouldn't play speculation. in the generality, is - there anywhere you wouldn't play on a moral basis if the money was right, is whenever you wouldn't play? i right, is whenever you wouldn't .la ? ., �* right, is whenever you wouldn't -la ? ., �* ., right, is whenever you wouldn't .la 7 ., �* ., . , play? i don't need to answer the question- _ play? i don't need to answer the question. sorry? _ play? i don't need

big names are, and they face the prospect of being ruled out of the ryder cup, even people like ian poultertains in the future. as dustinjohnson has a mentioned, this affects them rules amount of taking part in that wonderful competition in the future. they are agreed to be used as a pr stunt by the saudis, effectively. coming to the other side of the debate in a moment, we will hear from poulter and westwood now. but before then, phil mickelson who has just returned from a self imposed for absence from the game after he made controversial comments about the saudi backers of the event, calling them scary. he also had some criticisms of the pga tour, accusing it of obnoxious greed, then he left the public spotlight for several months, going into hiding. in the nick of time, would you believe it, he's appeared in time to play another tournament, he's appeared in time to play anothertournament, but he's appeared in time to play another tournament, but he's netting $200 million is the most effective name, and here's what he had to say along with westwood and poulter. i don't condone human right

lee westwood and ian poulter are among the british players to be suspended, met with neither side appearing which he claims saved lives. videos from the stadium showed fans — including children — being pepper sprayed. the chief of paris police continues to blame thousands of fake tickets for overcrowding — a claim that has been widely disputed. i absolutely firmly believe that these are attempting to cover their own backsides and not learn the lessons. because what we should be doing is saying, this should never be replicated. they should never happen again, the scenes we had to endure. children being tear—gassed, pensioners getting pepper—sprayed. i have never seen anything like it, and i don't want to see anything like it again. it is really worrying the french police and politicians are looking ——aren't at the truth factor so they can rectify the situation. if they don't do it, they don't deserve to hold these events. liverpool's mohamed salah and chelsea's sam kerr have won the men's and women's pfa players�* player of the year awards. the liverpool forward narrowly missed out on winnin

of more money has proved persuasive for some — dustinjohnson, lee westwood, sergio garcia, and ian poulter with formula one. $a00 million went for a controlling stake in newcastle football club. and now, over $2 billion will go to golf in the coming years. and the players who take the money know it may affect where they can play — here's ian carter again. pro golfers like to think of themselves as independent contractors, but the reality is that if they are playing on a tour, they have obligations to it. and if they want to play for a rival, well, they have to apply for a waiver. that's exactly what they did when liv golf came calling, and the tours said "no". the tours said "no" — but greg norman has kept making the case. this is a once in a lifetime - opportunity to unlock the potential for the game of golf to truly grow. it's certainly a chance for the players�* bank balances to grow and for saudi arabia to pursue its goals. for golf, more broadly, we'll see. and as the series began, it tweeted... indeed it did. as we see golfers trying to explain where, if at all, they draw the line. i

well, england's lee westwood and ian poulter have also signed up, and they were quizzed on the moraltin had a tournament, would you play in it? i'm not even going to comment on speculation. is there anywhere you wouldn't play on a moral basis? i don't need to answer that question. lee, do you want to answer that question? you're just asking us to answer a hypothetical question there. i they're moral questions, aren't they? very interesting to see that. dan evans' strong start to the grass court season has continued. the british number one comfortably made his way through to the quarterfinals of the nottingham 0pen after a straight sets win over italian thomas fabiano. evans is still yet to drop a set in nottingham, and after battling through a tight opener 7—5, the brit comfortably raced to victory, taking the second set 6—0. things didn't go so well for fellow brit heather watson, though. she was beaten in straight sets by viktoria golubic of switzerland, the swiss winning 7—5, 6—2 to reach the quarterfinals. harriet dart was also in action. wales are in action nowjust four days on

includes lifetime member phil mickelson, dustinjohnson and european ryder cup stars like lee westwood, ian poulter didier lallement, says he has sincere regrets over. but he says a tragedy could have happened without the action that was taken by police. the premier league has suspended it's six year tv deal with russian broadcasters match tv. the deal — worth li£3 million — was due to start at the beginning of next season. however — with russia's invasion of ukraine ongoing — the premier league says it feels it has no option but to suspend the contract. it's not clear how long the suspension will run for — or if the deal will be scrapped completely. arsenal forward alexandre lacazette has re—joined lyon on a free transfer — five years after leaving the french side to join the gunners for a then club record $58 million. he scored 5a times in 158 premier league appearances for arsenal and helped the gunners win the 2020 fa cup final. lacazette says a return to lyon was the "obvious" decision — despite the french side's lack of european football next season. he's signed a three—year deal. andy murray

ian poulter has said he will appeal the decision, others have said they are not that bothered that theycompete in the us open. was it literally once they hit their first ball? they would have been looking at the bones and it was on an e—mail that the tournament was under way but only when they saw their e—mails. they knew it was coming. the players, who are getting huge amounts of money for appearing in the first tournament of this saudi arabia—funded series, had just teed off when an email was sent out, suspending them from the pga tour. it announced all of its players, who are competing in this week's event will be suspended, although this won't apply to next week's us open, which is too soon. now in response, the organisers of the breakaway series, hit back, calling the pga tour "vindictive," and saying the ban, "deepens the divide between the tour and its members." six—time major winner phil mickelson is among the biggest names to be affected, but says he'll be playing in the liv golf events for the next few years. i was kind of saying that i didn't feel contractual agreements shoul

around £20 million up for grabs. 42 players have been confirmed including england's lee westwood, ian poulterkleinman reports. # take me back to the summer time. 24—year—old scots folk singer iona fyfe uses social media to promote her music, and she gets a lot of online abuse. she says the comments can be relentless, distressing and scary. but when it's a prolonged, extended pile—on, it really does get to you — you question your self—worth, you question your talent, you question if you're good enough. i think that's really sad. a report out today from the regulator ofcom has found that women in the uk experience more abuse than men online, are more distressed by it, and are less likely to feel they can speak freely on the internet. iona wants to keep her voice. i don't think we should be bullied out the room. i've worked really hard to create a platform for myself — whether that be for music orfor voicing my opinions! but it seems that a lot of people just want to tear us down. dame melanie dawes is the head of ofcom, and she says the tech companies need to do more to protect their users. too

anotherformer world number one in martin kaymer, ryder cup legends such as sergio garcia, lee westwood and ian poulternded by the saudi government. the series will feature six more tournaments this year. and there's big bucks to play for. each tournament has $25 million in prize money, more than any other golf tournament in history. the winner takes 4 million. for comparison, the top prize at the us masters this year was $2.7 million. this has persuaded high—profile golf players to join the tournament, like dustinjohnson, who resigned his pga tour membership and then signed to liv golf for a reported $150 million. he spoke about the decision yesterday. you know, obviously i've played on the tour for a long time. i love the pga tour. you know, i'm very thankful for everything that, you know, it's done for me in my life. and, you know, this isjust kind of a new chapter, and, you know, i felt like this was just what was best for me and my family. a memo from the pga commissioner to all their players today said these players have made their choice.... liv golf responded, saying the announcement... let's s

what will you do -- who will you get in bed with just for money are they asking ian poulter is there morally for this i don't know what ian said >> he didn't answer that question >> i saw one of our pentagon officials say our pilots fly with saudi pilots now. it is not like we don't do anything with saudi arabia all of these things are brought up by the idea to be able to pay these guys is it a ten-year deal? how long do you have to stay to get $200 million >> if you cut the deal and i'm sure the agents are thinking the same thing for anybody making or thinking of making the jump from the pga tour to the liv in the future this is a very young alternative tour you don't know exactly how long this thing will last, nor do you know what tolerance you have for putting money into it if you don't see a return that is acceptable to you. i'm speaking from the private investment fund. >> they can ge$200 million and never win a tournament >> if you are dustin johnson and his agent, this is the way to guarantee the money. you lose the sponsor there is a tradeoff. my point is if you don't see the

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a2 players are confirmed including england's lee westwood and ian poulter and northern ireland's graemeides. yuri is from ukraine and the otherfrom scotland. you have been living in this country for a while now but talk to me how long you have beenin now but talk to me how long you have been in the uk and where you are from back in ukraine? i am from back in ukraine? i am originally — from back in ukraine? i am originally from _ from back in ukraine? i am originally from the - from back in ukraine? i am originally from the north—eastern part of— originally from the north—eastern part of ukraine and i have a living inthe— part of ukraine and i have a living inthe uk— part of ukraine and i have a living in the uk for about ten years. a in the uk for about ten years. difficult time for your country, how important is this match? it is important, i think the team understands it, people will support them _ understands it, people will support them and. — understands it, people will support them and, they are doing it for the entire _ them and, they are doing it for the entire country, they wan

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