we have also heard from the second largest shareholder, usmanov, not as much a pa rt shareholder, usmanova part of the setup at the club as he would like to be, he had a bid turned down. he released a statement saying he would be pleased that arsene wenger is managing for the next two years as he is one of the best coaches in europe. what is paramount importance is that he receives the full support of the board and majority shareholder. but without the right support, there remains a real risk that his legacy will be tarnished if the supporters not forthcoming, we stand ready to help and do everything that we can to deliver success on and off the field. so, usmanov is saying that he is ready to step in if arsenal need him. another man we have heard from todayis him. another man we have heard from today is the chief executive of arsenal. again, speaking to arsenal and giving backing to arsene wenger. his dna is the same dna as this club, driven to move forward and driven to evolve. driven to those objectives of winning. for this club, driven to those objectives of winning. forthis club, and

alisher usmanov makes another move to control arsenal. england are beaten in penalites again. final of the under 17 european championship. and fernando gaviria shows he's the fastest sprinter in town, winning his fourth stage at the giro d'italia. the there's some news this evening on the ownership of arsenal football club... minority shareholder alisher usmanov has made a bid of around £1 billion to buy out stan kroenke‘s majority share. it's understood this bid has been rejected, meanwhile, manager arsene wenger is still keeping everyone guessing about his future at the emirates. his contract expires after the fa cup final next saturday, when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton on sunday, so could that be his last match at the emirates? of the season? yes. ever? i cannot tell you. i think what is most important for us is to win the football game on sunday. after that, what happens to me is less important. i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. meanwhile lots of premier

the russian shareholder, alisher usmanov, who owns a 30% stake in arsenal, has made his move — a bidrity share. but it's understood this bid has been rejected, usmanov has been critical of kroenke's support of arsene wenger. the arsenal manager is still keeping everyone guessing about his future. something's got to happen. we're going to start to miss out. we're missing out on the so—called managers that we may be interested in. we're going to start missing out on the players. this has to happen at some stage. something has got to happen for arsenal to go to the next level. talking of play—offs, bradford and millwall meet in the league one final at wembley later today. it's difficult to lose at wembley because so many people come and there's so much love for the players and the team. however, we use the disappointment quickly to galvanise us disappointment quickly to galvanise us for this year. we've used it all season to get as in this position. we will lean on experience from last year. expectations from the fans. we will try to improve what we did last season. we knew automatic wa

the russian shareholder, alisher usmanov, who owns a 30% stake in arsenal, has made his move — a bidan kroenke's majority share. but it's understood this bid has been rejected, usmanov has been critical of kroenke's support of arsene wenger. the arsenal manager is still keeping everyone guessing about his future. something's got to happen. we're going to start to miss out. we're missing out on the so—called managers that we may be interested in. we're going to start missing out on the players. this has to happen at some stage. something has got to happen for arsenal to go to the next level. dundee united will have the chance to bounce back to the top league at the first attempt. paul dixon was their hero, scoring the winner with three minutes to go — his first goal for five years. they'll play off for promotion against the side that finishes next to bottom of the premiership. talking of play—offs, bradford and millwall meet in the league one final at wembley later today. there is full commentary on radio 5live. england under 20 team are head against argentina in the their opening wor

was approached for his shares earlier this month by another of the club's major investors alisher usmanovas agreed with the decision, he has reminded the club and it's fans it must make changes to it's approach. in a statement today the uzbek—born russian billionaire said: england are into the last eight of the under—20 world cup after they beat costa rica 2—1 in south korea. sorry, it's time to hear from the arsenal chief executive ivan gazidis. his dna is the same as this clu b gazidis. his dna is the same as this club and he is given to take us forward and driven to evolve and given to those objectives of winning for this club and making ourfans proud. when we look at the world of football and you think about the great candidates there are and there are many great coaching candidates in the world, and arsenal is a club that all of them will want to work for because of the things we represent in football. but when you look around and make that deep assessment, you don't find any better candidates than arsene wenger. excuse my impatience. england are into the last eight of the under—20 w

usmanov said kroenke should bear huge responsibility for arsenal's failure to qualify for the championsbrighton strikerjamie murphy and aberdeen duo kenny mclean and mark reynolds to the scotland squad for their world cup qualifier against england on 10th june. murphy helped brighton to promotion to the premier league this season — he's been in previous squads but never won a cap. defender reynolds is also uncapped and midfielder mclean has one to his name. wicketkeeper sarah taylor's been named in the england squad for the women's world cup this summer. she rejoined the camp last month after taking a year—long break to deal with anxiety problems. heather knight has been named as captain. england's first match is against india on 24thjune and taylor needs to be back to full fitness to make the side. it has been a long journey for her, an incredible year. she will have learned a lot about herself, a lot of battles. the first one is sometimes getting out of bed and going downstairs. she has done really, really well. she feels confident enough to put herself forward for selection. we've go

but it's understood this bid has been rejected, as usmanov been critical of kroenke's support of arsenee fa cup final next weekend, when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton tomorrow, so could that be his last match at the emirates? of the season, yes. reporter: ever? i can't tell you that. i think what's most important for us is to win a football game. after that, what happens to me is less important. i think i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. so watch this space. a year after they were relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee united will have the chance to bounce back at the first attempt. they won their championship promotion playoff against falkirk 4—3 on aggregate. paul dixon was their hero, scoring the winner with three minutes to go, his first goalforfive years. they'll play off for promotion against the side that finishes next to bottom of the premiership. talking of play offs, bradford and millwall meet in the league one final at wembley later today. there is fu

insisted he was still committed to the club, in response to the recent £1 billion bid by alisher usmanova 30 % stake. he said cronk he should bear a huge responsibility for arsenal's failure to qualify for the champions league for the first time in 30 years. gordon strachan has called a broken strikerjamie murphy and aberdeen duo kenny mclean mark reynolds to the scotland squad for their world cup qualifier against england on the 10th ofjune. murphy helped brighton to promotion to the premier league this season. he's been in previous squads but never won cap. defender reynolds is also uncapped and midfielder mcclane has won to his name. wicketkeeper sarah taylor's been named in the england squad for the women's world cup this summer. she rejoined the camp last month, after taking a year—long break to deal with anxiety problems. england's first match is against india on 24thjune — mark robertson said the inclusion of both taylor and heather knight is subject to return to fitness. both taylor and heather knight is subject to return to fitnessm both taylor and heather knight is subject to r

minority shareholder alisher usmanov has made a bid of around £1 billion to buy out stan kroenke's majorityason for wenger with his side likely to finish outside the top four for the first time in 20 years at the club. his contract expires after the fa cup final next saturday, when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton on sunday so could that be his last match at the emirates. of the season? yes. ever? i cannot tell you. i think what is most important for us is to win the football game on sunday. after that, what happens to me is less important. i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. maria sharapova will not attempt to precure a wild card for wimbledon, instead opting to enter via qualifying. the former champion has relied on wildacrds to play since returning to compettion last month after a 15 month doping ban. she was denied a wild card to french open this week but her ranking allows her to enter wimbledon qualifying in which she needs to win three matches in a row to reach the first