years after the brutal side and watson you became only that the 2nd black player to sign for liverpool football club how much of that racism the do you encounter in that period of the eighty's ninety's. well of course people remember me citing political of the iconic picture of me back even the been on off the pitch against everton when i don't even remember doing it because of course back then i've been out of the field was a regular occurrence so while it was a high profile game difficult r.c.m. it's on me to make a big deal about it i was in 1908. from $981.00 of us playing football that was a regular occurrence think it went to pay for what it raises and wasn't unique at that time it wasn't even discussed it was a part of everyday life not just in football but in society whereby people were racially abused and no one batted an eyelid so of course it will be a hot media attention very high profile people made a big deal about how terrible it was but my thing even back then was about how racism in society is much worse in terms of what the average batsman goes through rather than me as a professio

of a company attempting to merge with fenway sports group which includes the red sox and liverpool football clubke in the a's so he would leave baseball to avoid a conflict of interest. beane became the master of money ball with the a's 30 years in the front office, the a's have made the playoffs 11 times but yet to win the world series. >>> all right. let's get back to that game in san diego. 2-1 for the rays in the first. manuel margo connecting for a three-run homer as the rays take an early lead. not the most impressive thing he did. in the third, springer flies to right. amazing catch in foul territory. head over heels, hangs on. he played for the padres at petco previously. never played right field there. didn't matter. 4-1 in the ninth. springer into a double play. scores a run to make it a two-run game. astros reload the bases. nick anderson flies out. the rays, gets alex bregman to fly out. the rays take a 2-0 series lead. "monday night football" highlights with the challengers leading the saints. kind of a surprise. we'll have that at 11:00. >> thank you. >>> be sure to join us tonight

clubs are meeting to discuss controversial new proposals for reshaping english football. there's been growing criticism of the so—called project big picture put forward by liverpool and manchester sports correspondent andy swiss reports. it's the proposed shake—up that's dividing english football. to some, it's a power grab led by the giants of liverpool and manchester united. but to others it's a potential lifeline. part of the plan is to give £250 million to clubs in the lower leagues. teams in the championship, including derby county, are discussing it today and they're in favour of spreading the wealth. this is not about a power grab. this is actually about how we try to protect the pyramid, as far as i can see it. we need financial stability throughout the whole pyramid. this actually means there will be more of a case of clubs being able to focus more on making them more financially sustainable, put more into the infrastructure of clubs, into coaching, into grass roots, into the academies. but there are, of course, more pressing reasons. commentator: dayton with a chance. and it's in! covid is pushing many lower league clubs to the financial brink. the chairman at leyton

do you genuinely think that the owners of liverpool football club and manchester united, those ownerspen, let's have the full debate. let's hear all of the relevant voices and thirdly, let's bring about change that will benefit the game as a whole and make all of our clubs sustainable and bridge the gulf between the premier league and the championship, which has been a problem which has been becoming ever more acute in recent years. and if it doesn't survive what are the consequences for lower league clubs? they are pretty dire, clearly. short—term needs have been highlighted pretty graphically. hugely disappointing that we had bad news again recently in terms of no crowds coming in. we want to keep our game crowds coming in. we want to keep ourgame is going. crowds coming in. we want to keep our game is going. we think it is massively important that we keep league1 massively important that we keep league 1 and lead to relevant and in the public eye. it will be challenging. we will come through it, and actually far better that we can come through it with some genuine hope and expectat

closed on transfers for domestic deals involving football league clu bs, deals involving football league clubs, liverpoolh international has been chased bya number of welsh international has been chased by a number of championship sides and liverpool had wanted a permanent dealfor him to and liverpool had wanted a permanent deal for him to leave the club and derby county he previously had a long spell but he has gone to cardiff. johanna konta has pulled out of next week‘s wta event in the czech republic. but if number one says she does not feel comfortable travelling with covid—19 case is on the rise again. it means she will not play again this year i will focus on preparing for next season. but if number three cameron is beating in the quarterfinals by the russian andre. 6—2, 6—1. the ecb has planned for another covid—19 effective championship season next summerfor 2021 effective championship season next summer for 2021 only. 18 effective championship season next summerfor 2021 only. 18 counties will be split into three groups of six, the top two of those will then progress to a division 1 group with th

beautiful game with me, kevin day, and football finance expert at liverpool university, kieran maguire. we're talking about the demise of bury. bury football clubstory of two men. the first was called stewart day. whilst his other businesses were successful, everything was fine, everything was hunky—dory. i wanted to do a bit of a video with regards to what's going on at bury football club. i worked at the club briefly in, like, a self—employed role and i had a few issues. absolutely rubbish, the way that things were going under stewart day. and he put the club up for sale very quickly and he sold it for £1. when steve dale came in, i thought, "all right, 0k, "things are changing, things are looking up." you can't buy anything for £1 these days, let alone a football club with 130 years of history. we're going to restructure the debt, that's the main thing, but what i'm not is an atm. and within about six weeks, he also stopped paying the wages for the staff, players, everybody else connected with the club. it's dismay. there's people worried about their families and how they're going to support them, because we've not been paid, it's running in

football row that has been brewing, and the fallout continues. news over the weekend that liverpool and manchest united have a plan to radically change the structure of english football. certain clubl. the positive view is that it will feed more money to clubs outside the premier league and it has the backing of the english football league which represents those clubs. >> it's a long-term plan that is actually -- this isn't an attempt to get a better short-term solution. passionately believe this is actually the righterm future for the game, and, therefore, deserves serious consideration. >> the whole thing is being called project big picture. lower clubs would benefit financially but all sorts of strings are attached and that is causing a lot of upset. here is what is being proposed. the number of premier league teams would be cut from 20 to 18. both the english football league cup and theommunity shield would be abolished and within the premier league voting rights would be concentrated in the hands of the nine most well-established top-flight clubs. the model would also change. 25% of future tv deals would go to clubs outside of the premier league. that would represent a signif

football's biggest clubs has taken place. the 4.6 billion pound league would include liverpool and manchester united, they are two of five englishe been approached by those behind the tournament, with several other of europe's elite also involved. it would replace the champions league currently run by uefa, european football's governing body, with fifa, said to be involved and backing the proposal. the bbc‘s football reporter simon stone explained what else we know of the proposal. this is, the alternative to the champions league. clearly the driver of the wafer, their major club, this isa of the wafer, their major club, this is a fifa alternative and could be a major money spinner. but the issue is, where do you get the games to fit in? because the champions league you're talking about, six group games and another match night, over 15 because the round of 16 is played forfour 15 because the round of 16 is played for four weeks not two with the fifa competition, we are talking about 30—something match nights and there isa 30—something match nights and there is a lot of things to be done in terms of the calendar, which is another

it's domestic transfer deadline day for clubs in the football league, the window shuts at five o'clock. liverpool has secured a season—long loan move to cardiff. the 23—year—old wales international was being chased by a number of championship sides, including derby county where he'd previously had a loan spell. it's the challenge cup final tomorrow between leeds rhinos and salford red devils. the rugby football league chairman simon johnson has defended the decision to stage the match at wembley even though it will be played behind closed doors. in the programme notes for tomorrow's match, he says that the game remains in a "vulnerable state" with fans locked out and that "if, by following government guidance, we end up risking the survival of our clubs and the future sustainability of our game, we must look to government to help to sustain us". they have already received a 16 million pound loan. england's world cup winning captain eoin morgan will take over as captain of the kolkata knight riders in the indian premier league. he's replacing dinesh karthik, who wants to focus on his batting. the

liverpool and manchester united were among five premier league clubs set to be included. now to some shocking statistics which show 43% of premier league footballersterling, wilfred zaha and adebayo akinfenwa were three of the 44 players whose social media accounts were analysed in the study by the professional footballers association over the final six weeks of the last premier league season. they received half of the overall abuse. well sterling has called for football authorities and social media platforms to "step up, show real leadership and take proper action in tackling online abuse". earlier i caught up with the pfa's jason lee. what we are asking is that social media companies... whatever they are using clearly isn't picking up what we know is racist behaviour in terms of the emojis, you know, the monkeys, the bananas, as soon as you attach that to somebody‘s social media, you know what you are doing. the artificial intelligence isn't picking it up. it isn't an excuse. your study shows a few blind spots. raheem sterling is one so far to say that the social media companies don't want to do anything about it, they don't want to be involved

clubs which would include reducing the number of teams from 20 to 18. champions liverpool and manchester united are pushing the reforms, which have been supported by the footballty shield. but the premier league says the idea could have a "damaging impact on the whole game" and wants everyone to work together. rafael nadal has been crowned french open champion for the 13th time. the king of clay beat the top seed novak djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 - winning it with an ace. nadal has now equalled roger federer‘s record of 20 grand slam singles titles. tyrell hatton has won the biggest golf tournament in britain this year — the bmw pga — by four shots. it was a fairytale home—coming for the englishman, who's been in the us all year due to the pandemic. hatton grew up watching the event at wentworth and said this is one he always wanted to win. and that's the sport. that's it. i'm back with the news at 10:00pm. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news, with tim wilcox. well, as we've been hearing, one of the government's most senior scientific advisers is warning that the pandemic has reached a tipping point in some parts of the nort

20 premier league clubs have decided not to go ahead with project big picture, a controversial plan put forward by liverpool and manchester united to radically reform english footballmeet tomorrow to consider their response. in tonight‘s international football, all four home nations have been in action in the nations league. from wembley, our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. a year to the day since england faced appalling racist abuse in bulgaria, players took the knee to reflect. they were fresh from beating the world number ones, belgium, on sunday, but their only meaningful movement in the first half came from beleaguered defender harry maguire, sent off for a second clumsy tackle, leaving england down to ten. the look of dejection summing up his horrible start to the season. it got immediately worse with denmark handed a penalty. and he does so emphatically. it was coolly dispatched by christian eriksen, a great way to celebrate his 100th cap for his country. england actually played better a man down. what a save by kasper schmeichel! but kasper schmeichel was alert to the danger and denmark inflicted

he is going to bring to soccer and to that league, what is it, the football clubs in london >> i don't think liverpoolarsenal do liverpool are champions. there we go, i'm sure he can make them better he's a bit of a legend great movie. >> i wanted to talk to you about that yesterday i was hesitant today because we have a lot of important things to talk about but then i realized we do have a big presence i'm not sure i'm going to get yelled at. it's on peacock, too. >> it's on peacock there are three or four pretty awesome games including manchester city versus arsenal ever ton versus liverpool. >> thanks for playing along, wilf this is the way knowing some of our assets and knowing how we can rub their back, maybe they'll mention "squawk." >> i don't know how often rebecca and the team mention "squawk" and the "closing bell." >> are you on "closing bell" now? is that where i can find you >> shrewsbury. >> thanks, guys. >> see you later. >> thanks, wilf. >> great project he's doing, too, withhis dad's tapes and i saw a piece of that last night on shep smith. jack-of-all-trades. >>> less than three week

beautiful game with me, kevin day, and football finance expert at liverpool university, kieran maguire. we're talking about the demise of bury. bury football club businesses then collapsed. i wanted to do a bit of a video with regards to what's going on at bury football club. i worked at the club briefly in, like, a self—employed role and i had a few issues. absolutely rubbish, the way that things were going under stewart day. and he put the club up for sale very quickly and he sold it for £1. the start of a new era for bury football club, led by the man on the left. when steve dale came in, i thought, "all right, ok, things are changing, things are looking up." you can't buy anything for £1 these days, let alone a football club with 130 years of history. we're going to restructure the debt, that's the main thing, but what i'm not is an atm. and within about six weeks, he also stopped paying the wages for the staff, players, everybody else connected with the club. it's dismay. there's people worried about their families and how they're going to support them, because we've not been paid, it's running into 12 weeks now. we're all here to save bur

clubs in the premier league and would they vote for that? but with liverpool and united behind it, they will have to take it seriously. thank you. it's a busy weekend of international footballlost. but there was success for england and scotland, as natalie pirks reports. belgium are the best team in the world right now. gareth southgate's conservative team selection raised many eyebrows. bands' mood worsened when after a solid start, on the lukaku when after a solid start, on the lu ka ku left eric when after a solid start, on the lukaku left eric dierfor when after a solid start, on the lukaku left eric dier for dust. lukaku left eric dier for dust. lu ka ku stepped lukaku left eric dier for dust. lukaku stepped up for his first ever goalfor england. lukaku stepped up for his first ever goal for england. england lukaku stepped up for his first ever goalfor england. england seemed lukaku stepped up for his first ever goal for england. england seemed all at sea but when jordan goal for england. england seemed all at sea but whenjordan henderson felt a hand on his shoulder, step forward marcus rashford mbe. a much better england started the second half but mason mount was my

to football, and liverpool's sadio mane has tested positive for coronavirus. the forward displayed minor symptoms, but the cluba ra. it means mane will miss sunday's premier league match against aston villa. hibs are breathing down the necks of celtic and rangers in the scottish premiership. they're just 3 points off the top now, after a 3—2 win over hamilton academicals. kevin nisbet with two of their goals. elsewhere, there were wins for aberdeen and livingston. bournemouth are showing they have what it takes to bounce back to the premier league in their first season after relegation. they won 3—1 at coventry city, dan gosling scored twice as they maintained their unbeaten start to the season. coventry, meanwhile, who came up from league one, had gustavo hamer sent off, and have now lost two of their opening four games. a big day for clubs just below the football league. it's a huge day for clubs in the national league. they've not played since april due to the pandemic, but later a new season gets underway, after the government issued "significa nt" financial support for all 67 clubs. a £10 million grant ha

pages this morning — news that 13 premier league clubs have united to oppose plans drawn up by manchester united and liverpool to reform the english footballduchess of cambridge not duchess of sussex. what have you got there? mine are all food related. yesterday we were talking about rob burrow. the documentary that was meant to be on last night, lots of people were waiting seven o'clock on bbc two but because of the prime minister ‘s press conference, that has been moved until tonight. so the 0ne has been moved until tonight. so the one show was moved over to bbc two and we wanted to make sure as many people as possible could watch the rob burrow documentary. it is on bbc two tonight at seven p.m.. a p pa re ntly apparently some people leave food in the garden for wild animals thinking now kind but it causes competition among animals in conflict with humans. they have been looking at boxes and martens, and some of the animals get 50% of their died from human sources. —— foxes. the british habit of leaving food out the animals like foxes could have unintended consequences.” animals like foxes could have unintended consequences. i imagine y