richard scudamore isa giant remembered well? richard scudamore is a giant of the sports industry.ver £5 million of revenue from the domestic market, as well. he is a skilled negotiator and has kept a close relationship with the club. it is those skills that have allowed the premier league to thrive, both at home and abroad. but, one nugget of information, the league was meeting in harrogate today, their end of season meeting, richard scudamore kept that he was leaving a complete secret from everybody, nobody knew with it —— nobody knew about it with the exception of chelsea chairman. it took to the end of the business for richard scudamore to say, ladies and gentlemen, i am leaving now, richard scudamore to say, ladies and gentlemen, iam leaving now, by richard scudamore to say, ladies and gentlemen, i am leaving now, by the end of the year. there was a lot of surprise in the run. a complete secret, everybody taking this as quite a surprise today. and on that bombshell, thank you so much for bringing us that update. also coming up in the programme: funding herself to the top of th

staying with football, premier league executive chairman richard scudamore is to stand down by the end0 years in the role. scudamore was appointed in november 1999 and has overseen a period of real growth, culminating in the league's last uk tv deal bringing in some £5.14 billion. will it be third time lucky for simona halep at the french open? the world number one has fallen twice before at the final hurdle at roland garros. today, though, she looked determined to hunt down her maiden grand slam title, seeing off 2016 champion garbine muguruza in straight sets. james burford reports. despite being the best ranked player in the world, simona halep and herfans are still seeking that elusive first grand slam. garbine muguruza standing in the way of another final. while she has won grand slams this before, this wasn't her day. and so it appeared from the beginning. a double fault to hand halep an early break. the romanian soon staring at a 5—0 lead. simona halep is known for her hard hitting, her dominance of the court and her ability to find the lines. sometimes, you just have to applaud

the premier league's executive chairman richard scudamore has announced he's going to step down by thetion for nearly 20 years and is widely credited with overseeing the huge worldwide growth of the premier league. senior figures in the game say that he "has led the premier league with distinction." amazon has won the rights to show premier league football matches for the first time, giving members of its prime video service access to 20 matches per season for three years, from next year. this is in addition to rights granted to bt and sky. let's speak to our sports correspondent richard conway. richard, if you are a football fan like me you now have two subscribe have you to sky, bt and amazon making it all much more expensive to watch the a0 on the telly. making it all much more expensive to watch the 40 on the telly. and i think the way the way the packages we re think the way the way the packages were broken down by the premier league it was inevitable that there was going to be a new entrant into the market. i wanted to tempt the big online tech giants, amazon have of course comin

the premier league chairman richard scudamore insists clubs won't take advantage of the time off to playdlies. they will not be allowed to do that. they will not be allowed to do that. they will not be allowed to do that. they will be restricted. there is a fine line. they have to stay training because they cannot stop training because they cannot stop training and come back in two weeks but there will be conditions around what they can do. they will not be commercially exploiting playing matches. matt lawton is still with me. this has been a topic ever since sven goran eriksson brought this up in 2003. do you think this will have an effect for future england teams?m isa effect for future england teams?m is a winter break without it being a winter break. players do need a rest. i guess it is a fortnight for each club where they have an opportunity to give players a chance to recover from any kind of injuries they are carrying. i think one of they are carrying. i think one of the problem is those players often play with injuries. danny rose only this week was talking about trying to conti

the executive chairman of the premier league, richard scudamore is to stand down at the end of the years.

richard scudamore will leave the premier league after nearly 20 years as chief executive.s today, those with a spectacle to sell chase the wealthiest business. in the long—term, british sporting jewels will become objects of american desire. amol rajan, bbc news. this week we've been considering questions of local and national identity within the uk, how we feel about the past and future for our communities. england, unlike scotland and wales, does not have its own parliament. mark easton has been speaking to people in three english communities, to find out how they feel about that and if they want to be closer to political decision making. the end of the line. this corner of north east kent on the river medway was once the beating heart of british naval might, but power and influence have trickled away on the tide of history. almost 85% of people here feel they have little or no influence over the decisions that affect their local area, and the vast majority say they're disconnected from power both nationally and locally. the geography of sheerness may help explain the to

staying with football, and the premier league executive chairman richard scudamore is to stand down byears in the role. scudamore was appointed in november 1999 and has overseen a period of real sustained growth, culminating in the league's last uk tv deal, bringing in some £5.14 billion. how times change. world number one simona halep has another chance to finally win her first grand slam title after beating garbine muguruza in the french open semi—finals this afternoon. halep won 6—1, 6—4 against the third seed to reach saturday's final. it will be up against sloane stephens who has also won. she is also through. halep has lost three previous grand slam finals, including two at roland garros. so confirmation sheet will play sloane stephens, who beat madison keysin sloane stephens, who beat madison keys in straight sets. in the men's draw, rafael nadal completed his comeback against diego schwartzman to reach the semi—finals of the french open. one set down overnight after their match was delayed by rain, nadal was a different player in the parisian sunshine and only dropped four more