joe lynskey looks back on their return to the premier league. in return to the premier league. 2004, leeds united flight in 2004, leeds united left the top flight in tears. the three—time league champions hoped the drop down would be temporary. instead it took a generation. just three years earlier, leeds were in the champions league last four, but they got their expending what they could not afford. huge debts meant star players had to leave and relegation left a broken club in freefall. soon they dropped further down to league 1. it's been a long way back. for me 110w 1. it's been a long way back. for me now to sit here and look back 60 yea rs now to sit here and look back 60 years ago, i played the last game that they were in the premier league, it makes you realise how long it actually was. —— 16 years ago. the following that leeds united have got, the support base they have got, the premier league is without doubt a better place with leeds united in it. with the revival being led by a south american, leeds came third in last season's

staying in the premier league. staying in the premier league. two goals from harry kane helped tottenham to a 3—0 victory at home over leicester. it means brendan rogers' side are clinging onto their champions league spot for dear life. ben croucher reports. 0ne team with two sets of fans. was an you would help out his old employers with a when. just six minutes and when son squeezed an unknown goal. even the moments they look like a winning side were thwarted by spurs but what was up must come down. as leicester hunted foran must come down. as leicester hunted for an equaliser they were slow to get back. harry keen showed just how to finish off an attack. just the corner to aim for, target acquired. totte n ha m corner to aim for, target acquired. tottenham was my third goal was greeted as warmly in manchester as london. the main difference here was hugo lloris, leicester's race this afternoon was run. this season, they will have one more chance next sunday at home against manchester united. in the championship, the title winners leeds travel

leeds were promoted back to the premier league for the first time in16 back to the premier league for the first time in 16 years. they were here to witness the players who were here to witness the players who were here to witness the players who were here to celebrate although they did not kick a ball. the neighbours down the road, huddersfield, did a big favour by defeating west brom so leeds were promoted without having to play tomorrow, they will still play but they don't have to do anything to get promoted. so they we re anything to get promoted. so they were on the pitch and celebrating with the chairman while outside, the real fa ns with the chairman while outside, the real fans gathered outside. with the chairman while outside, the realfans gathered outside. they we re realfans gathered outside. they were not supposed to and were told by the club, the captain and the police to stay away as when liverpool won the really, thousands gathered relief and joy. no reports of any trouble and fan celebrated a hubs around the city as well or outside watching big screens as well. celebrat

what now seems to be happening is is is that the premier league the saudi arabian governments. be in sport and possibly the catherine governments who are in something of an on something of a little bit of a collision course here and so what we find is is that at the heart of this is the premier league presumably supported by the british government but the 2 of them together are having to fight 2 fairly big fires right now coming out of saudi arabia and coming out of china and you can follow all of the stories we're covering here on al-jazeera own has their own dot com the website is updated throughout. the water you don't deserve my headquarters here in doha a reminder of our top news stories new figures show 1400000 people claimed unemployment benefits in the u.s. in the past week is the 18th we can erode that the number has topped a 1000000 so that republicans are set to unveil a one trillion dollars coronavirus stimulus package later on thursday all white house correspondent kimberly holt it turns mall. what republicans are pushing for essentially is to make sure that people

footballers across scotland will follow the premier league in england by taking the knee before every match this weekend in solidarity with the fight against racism. the new scottish season gets under way on saturday and players have also put together a special anti—racism video message. now, today marks exactly two years until the start of the commonwealth games in birmingham. they're expected to have a really positive impact on the city. but in the past few days, the event has faced controversy, as our sports editor dan roan explains. two years from now, this industrial wasteland in the very heart of birmingham will be transformed into two of the venues that will be part of the commonwealth games in 2022. beach volleyball and three by three basketball will both take place here in front of her and 6000 or so fans. become a games or —— the commonwealth organising committee in birmingham has come under pressure because of lack of diversity among its leadership team, just one member the 20 individuals that make up the executive team and the board are not white. and at the weekend,

but no transfers can take place between premier league only clubs in that period. now both of those are still subject to fifa approval, jane, but the picture for the start of next season looks a little bit clearer now. austin, think you very much for that. time for some of the other sports news stories making the headlines. manchester united forward marcus rashford will be given an honorary doctorate from the university of manchester, making him their youngest ever recipient. it follows his campaign to allow 1.3 million children to claim free school meals through the summer holidays. transfer news in the women's game and former england player natasha dowie has signed for ac milan, saying she was excited to be joining one of the biggest clubs in the world. arsenal's danielle carter and emma mitchell have bothjoined reading ahead of the new season. katie boutler has won her first match on the opening day of the progress tour women's tennis championships. boulter beat emily arbuthnot, 6—1, 6—3, at the national tennis centre in roehampton. she will play another two

here is how the top four premier league looks at the moment, the champions liverpool manchester they will both be in the champions league next season now. so, manchester united could really take control of the two spots to the left third and fourth. a win against southhampton would take them up above chelsea into third. chelsea, will still be reeling from that heavy defeat to sheffield united. their bosses been speaking to the press today in light of that announcement about manchester city and they said it is nice for his team to know what they have do. as a said before, it is in out have do. as a said before, it is in our hands and i would like for the players to think there's an extra place or they can relax a little bit more and the pressure is there to get to the champions league cup. it'sjust clear now get to the champions league cup. it's just clear now what our positions are. their place below them and seven, they are up with the paceis them and seven, they are up with the pace is welcome but looks like a chelsea, there's going to be a battle between leicester city and manches

what now seems to be happening is is is that the premier league the saudi arabian governments. be in sports and possibly the catherine governments who are in something of an on something of a little bit of a collision course here and so what we find is is is that at the heart of this is the premier league presumably supported by the british government but the 2 of them together are having to fight 2 fairly big fires right now coming out of saudi arabia and coming out of china. meanwhile liverpool's players finally got their hands on the english premier league trophy the club's 1st league title in 30 years had been sealed a month ago with 7 games remaining after a 3 month stoppage because of the coronavirus pandemic on wednesday they held a muted ceremony following their 53 win over chelsea kenny dalglish the last local manager to deliver the title presented the players with their medals for captain jordan henderson looked at the trophy in front of an empty cup. the grave was absolutely great. maybe more special. than families could be done in a stadium out of the game but all o

the mps pointed out that up until now the premier league had opposed any sign of politics. it's perfectly possible to support black lives matter, the sentiment, without being seen to be supporting any political organisation. we are an apolitical organisation. we don't support political organisations. and so i think we are happy to support the players. we think it's the right moment to do it. and for the first time, i feel that players, managers, league, and clubs are on the same page on the issue of discrimination and that feels to me like a positive step. if for example a player decided to wear a black armband commemorating the reported hundreds of workers who died through heat stress in qatar in the building of the world cup, would that be permissible? would you allow individual players for example to wear a black armband? because that is not a political statement, that is a cause, that's a moral cause. is that now something that would be allowed? as i said, by agreement. as i said, this isn't an individual player. this is all players coming together. so, we have dialogue

league and other sporting bodies ina premier league and other sporting bodies in a difficult position. real shame because football is such a powerful platform to get that message out there but do you think there is a real danger that they might have to step back now and stop putting that message out there if they may in any way being seen promoting these other causes aligned with the? absolutely. football has a lwa ys with the? absolutely. football has always been a politicalfree with the? absolutely. football has always been a political free zone. we have seen players and clubs get fined for doing so. it is a tough question for the premier league whether they continue to visibly have the logo or visibly have on their kids something which is already leading to confusion. the premier league in a statement has categorically said that they do not endorse the political movement. —— on their kits. the big question is whether the premier league removes the imagery and in doing so, you kind of lose the messages for the momentum that so many of the players in the premier league are have f

we start with west bromwich albion, who will play premier league football next season. a 2—2 draw with queens park rangers has ensured they finish in the second automatic promotion place behind the champions leeds. they fell behind at the hawthorns tonight, but turned it round with goals either side of the break from grady diangana and callum robinson. qpr did manage an equaliser, but the point was enough in the end for the baggies to seal their return to the premier league. brentford could have pipped west brom to that automatic promotion spot but they lost 2—1 at home to barnsley. clarke oduor with the stoppage time goal. the win means barsnsley escape relegation, although they could still go down to league one if wigan‘s appeal against their 12—point penalty for going into adminstration is successful. these are tonight's championship results in full. awinfor a win for derby county, you can see ba rnsley‘s a win for derby county, you can see barnsley‘s when there is well, cardiff city beating relegated hole, and they will be in the playoffs. leeds threshin

it is so tight at the bottom of the premier league at the bottom of the premier league at the moment, both aston villa and bournemouth on 31 points. watford three points above them on 34. with those two tough matches still to go and no manager, it does not look promising for watford. relegation to the championship would be pretty much a disaster for them. they have beenin much a disaster for them. they have been in the premier league since 2015. five seasons being in the top flight, 2015. five seasons being in the top flight, to go down to the championship, it is not something that they would want. no confirmation from the club as yet, but bbc sport understands that nigel mark pearson has been sacked. as yet, no replacement has been announced. lebanon is facing economic ruin. the country's currency has lost around 80% of its value against the dollar, prices have soared uncontrollably, and much of the middle class has been plunged into poverty. talks with the international monetary fund for a bailout have faltered. as our correspondent — martin patience — reports from beirut — s

they host already relegated norwich in the premier league later. and after losing last time out, lampard says he wants to hear more from his players on the pitch this evening. england's joe launchbury is among 15 players to sign new long—term deals with wasps. head coach lee blackett said he was "delighted to see so many players committing their futures to the club".

if it stays like this leads is returned to the premier league will be confirmed this evening. league will be confirmed this evening. there's a huge game at the bottom of the premier league tonight, 16th place west ham take on 17th place watford. they're both only three points clear of the relegation zone. watford have won their last two matches, while west ham go into the game having picked up seven points from their last 12. we have our noses are slightly in front. we have to stay in front and do everything to be in that position. we hoped it would get there. i would rather be in our position than a couple of other teams' position, that's for sure, but we have not done the job. far from it. the players are aware of that and we have to at least win another game. they're doing what we're doing, fighting for their lives, that's what i would expect. they've got good players, they've found some decent form of late and i'm sure david will be expecting a tough game in the same way that we're expecting a tough game. they were crowned spanish champions for the fourth time this week. a

the premier league's approach was shadowed by the second—tier championship. it meant bringing things together gradually. players went from exercising on their own to small groups, to contact training and eventually backed action. their lives now involve daily temperature checking and twice—weekly coronavirus testing. initially, not everyone was keen. watford's troy deeney and and chelsea's n'golo kante were among those who stayed away from training, but they came back. and the relatively low number of positive cases added to the momentum. still, british coronavirus infection rates remain higher than most of europe, and there is a lag between taking the test and getting the results, which might give the virus a window of opportunity. i think speaking as a scientist, it seems to me very risky indeed. it's possible that by having a lot of testing, that the risks could have been minimised, but that involves a lot of social disruption to the lives of those involved in sports and also makes future fixtures uncertain because we can never anticipate when somebody i

united after months of premier league scrutiny. the coronavirus pandemic is crushing the world's most powerful economies and any recovery is being threatened by a new surge in cases the u.s. recorded 1400 fatalities from code 19 on wednesday around one death a minute and is now reporting its worst economic decline on record output collapsed by 9.5 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year europe's largest economy germany saw a decade of growth all but wiped out as g.d.p. shrank by more than 10 percent in a country that's avoided the worst health problems but it's in developing nations where people are likely to suffer the most likely. mexico where the economy has shrunk by a staggering 17.3 percent in fact there's a warning that the entire economy of latin america and the caribbean could contract by more than 9 percent this year or more in latin america with daniel schorr in a moment he's in his ariz but 1st to cover and his own dough in new york and historic decline in the u.s. so not seen since the great depression what now. you kno

not a phrase that many people probably use but poor premier league they were caught between a rock and a hard place obviously a very powerful buy with significant economic interests linked to britain but at the same time obviously the premier league has a commercial partner in b.n. that it needs to protect for its own credibility and legitimacy obviously the commercial partners need to trust the premier league at the same time you have a close that has gone through a fairly fractious period in its history where the owners attracted a great deal of can criticism and so for the premier league for a long time it was no way forward no way back and my sense was always that there would be some kind of negotiated exit from the situation but it was always unclear what the negotiated exit would be and what we now know is that it is the biased side where the negotiated exodus come from clearly one of the things that all parties will have wanted is is to try and save face as they say it seems of a by as representatives have used the. some of the issues around covert some of the issues around huma

shortly but first it's a big night in the premier league at both ends of the table. four matches in total, two kicked off at six. second from bottom aston villa — four points off safety at the moment — desperately need a win at everton. goalless there. meanwhile in the fight for champions league football a win for leicester moves them three clear of manchester united in fifth and keeps their fate in their hands. and for the moment it is going their way. they meet sheffield united by 1-0. man united will be keeping their eye on that game, they play at crystal palace afterwards whilst southampton, who snatched that dramatic point at old trafford on monday, are at home to brighton. united boss 0le gunnar solksjaer says they need to put that disappointment behind them. keep on doing what we have been doing. just trust ourselves, trust yourself. you are at the club where it always boils down to the last couple of weeks or two or three games ina couple of weeks or two or three games in a season couple of weeks or two or three games in a season anyway. so we have done f

league and that's where he has taken them, through the divisions, to the premier league, five years in the premier league, never been in relegation trouble before this year. the job he never been in relegation trouble before this year. thejob he has done has been one of the most incredible stories i think in football, what eddie howe has achieved at bournemouth. and finally there's some live tennis going on right now which we can show you a bit of... this is the latest battle of the brits event, the tournament organised byjamie murray. this week is the team event, so there will be two teams of 13 playing for points in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. this is the british number one johanna konta againstjodie burrage, burrage winning the first set 6—4. you can watch it live now via the bbc sport website and app. that's all your sport for now, next it's your questions answered. now, i'm going to introduce our three guests. with us, the share of the travel trade association, alistair roland. the group editor of... paperjacks. alistair roland. the group editor of... paper jacks. and

and saudi arabian investors pull out of a bid to buy english premier league club newcastle united after months of scrutiny . hello scorchingly hot is not a surprising description of the weather in the middle east in summer sometimes it gets sundry as well has been doing that recently but the heat set a new record in baghdad on tuesday we might do the same again today possibly even on friday that he's accompanied by a bit of a breeze and it's all being taken south through kuwait towards the eastern side of saudi as you can see this bright and the blue suggest still plenty of moisture some pretty big thunderstorms down there in the mountains the southwest of saudi and western side of yemen less so in amman surprisingly the moment the dust itself is showing it was the orange glow at $38.00 in doha that's not what he was a humid sticky fear with the breeze coming off the gulf. you watch clusters of thunderstorms this time of the year in north africa and there is one running into nigeria as you can see that will keep study moving westwards with another one that's just going off the coast run

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and saudi arabia investors pull out of a bid to buy english premier league club because united after months of scrutiny. from. hello there has been some minor flooding recently in japan but really the focus the seasonal rains a little bit further north for the most part of the korean peninsula and the chinese it is quite rocky now it's no longer the continuous line you can see it's shai was virtually everywhere as you can see however there will be something of a get together of this lot for the yellow sea and significant rain seems likely for north korea they're running as fast as the sole i think this is joining saturday again chinese and largely good scratching issues except on the science something's happening inside china see a big circulation so hong kong at least is going to get wet cells forecasts also went for 3 days after other humid start of foggy start on friday is just overcast and miserable now given what's happening in the south china sea that big circulation that tends to draw a lot of the energy problem or sheer away from elsewhere so though we've got a forecast a goo

those his first goals in the premier league this season. the blades move up to sixth with that win. chelsea stay third — just a point ahead of leicester. leicester play bournemouth tomorrow. champions liverpool dropped points at anfield for the first time this season. they drew 1—1 with burnley. andy robertson's first half header was cancelled out by jay rodriguez. burnley could have snatched it late on too only forjohann gudmundsson‘s effort to hit the crossbar. the point is enough to see burnley up to 9th. still to come tonight — it's brighton v manchester city — that's at 8pm. in the championship, brentford are still firmly in contention for an automatic promotion place after a 3—1 win at derby county. with west brom only drawing at blackburn, brentford are just three points off second place with three games remaining said benrahma got brentford's third — a real stunner — to seal victory. the bees have now won seven games in a row, including all six since the league resumed on 20th june. here's the rest of the results. hull's 1—0 defeat leaves them in the bottom

they haven't lost a premier league game since january. the late goal eight minutes into stoppage time really breaking leicester city's hearts. they've been in the top four since last august, dropping out of champions league qualification on the final day of the season. and we can see that we take a look at the top half of the premier league table. how it finished with liverpool champions on 99 points followed by manchester city, manchester united, who would have thought they would have finished third when they had quite a slow first half of the season. chelsea winning 2-0 on the final day means they take the final top four spot with leicester dropping to fifth. they'll go into the europa league, the second tier european-wide cup competition along with tottenham hot spur. let's show you what happened at the bottom of the table, rosemary. crucially, aston villa securing their premier league survival with a 1-1 draw. jack grealish was the goal hero for villa. although they did concede very quickly to west ham, 1-1 stays, and bournemouth and

league side. jadon sancho set the trend when he also went to dortmund three years ago from manchester city. defender reece oxford went to augsburg, and the trends now continuing for even younger players. welshman rabbi matondo has gone to schalke and jamal musiala went to bayern last summer — both england and germany want him in their international set up. now dortmund have honed a transfer strategy it seems players want to be part of — they signed christian pulisic and ousmane dembele on cheap deals, developing their talent and then selling them on for massive profit — they may well do the same with the brilliant erling haaland who's started his career at dortmund so well. bellingham will want to do the same. i think he fits perfect. the youngsters are very quick players and players with a lot of potential, skilful players. that is what they stand for. it is an add—on if they will be able to sell him for 90 or 100 million. for now, it is more important to get the best possible support and

league had scrutinise the premier league had scrutinise the deal under the owners and directors test they were pulling out we understand because they ran out of patience. they released a lengthy statement that i can summarise a few of the key points, they said that the focus was on building long—term value for the club, its fans and the community as "we remained committed to collaboration through difficult period of uncertainty." they went on to say that ultimately during the unferth cp prolonged process the commercial agreement between the investment group and the club pot site owners expired and our investment thesis could not be the same facet the deal would now be off, the premier league were facing questions about saudi arabia as a human rights record, about alleged tv piracy as well in the country, there was a lot of controversy surrounding the seo but it is now deadin surrounding the seo but it is now dead in the water. there is perhaps some hope for newcastle united fans who want to see the end of the mike ashley era, there withdrawal could pave way for a takeover by henry

on every premier league shirt, a tribute to those who helped football comeback. as the nation claps for the nhs‘s birthday, so too did this sport. in empty grounds, they mock the people because my contribution. it is especially eerie at st james's park, where 50,000 geordies are absent. a boost for the away side. here, west ham struck first, in the silence. the hammers are the league's most wasteful club, dropping 22 points after being in front. here, it tookjust 12 minutes for me girl alma ron to draw newcastle level. still, this game had ample time for more tests. thomas sue check made it 2—1. they stay in trouble, though, thanks to more mistakes seconds later. jonjo shelvey shot low for 2—2, but he was played onside by a slow clarets defender. problems for west ham but won't go away, but one more point at this stage still makes a difference. sheffield united and burnley both have no fears of relegation. this season's overachievers can count the games down to the close.

and still ahead on al-jazeera a naval poor finally get to celebrate their 1st english premier league title in. its. much chinese state television has taken the english premier league off the air amid growing tensions between china and britain c.c.t.v. holds the rights to the premier league after striking a deal with more than $700000000.00 last year that the match between champions liverpool and chelsea was not 8 on wednesday and c.c.t.v. program said will no longer includes the final round of games this weekend this would be the 1st time china has fallen outs with the premier league last year they withdrew an arsenal game from their share duels of the arsenal player mesut ozil criticised the country's treatment of weaken muslims china also shunned n.b.a. basketball last year after one of the team managers daryl morey tweeted in support of pro-democracy protests in hong kong a route that cost the n.b.a. millions of dollars in its most valuable market outside the u.s. for more on this we spoke to simon chadwick a professor of eurasian sports at the emily on business school. all we kno

derby delight for spurs as they leap ahead of local rivals arsenal in the premier league. and lewis hamilton keeps his cool as the ferraris fall at the grand prix. good evening thanks forjoining us. welcome to two nights program. we've got plenty to come and that includes all the days football and formula 1 action as well. we will start with cricket and the england fans may have been hoping for a thrilling finale to the start of post lockdown cricket. they certainly got that. perhaps not the result they wanted. here is our sports correspondent. on the fifth day, southhampton waited for a match winner. how about archer? his first blows work with the bat increasing england's lead. west indies would need 200 to win when england and archer bold. next blow, campbell's toe. too painful for him to continue. and then for the stops. brathwaite the first man out. brooks then asked. lbw west indies seven for to 200 they target seem my 2000. would got rid of hope. but here's blackwood. betting like he was the man to change the game. blackwood may well have been given out if butler had

league trophy. lift the premier league trophy. on a special stage, built on the kop, with just their families watching inside anfield and he was also relieved their final home game against chelsea was a performance worthy of champions. trent alexander arnold with a stunning free kick that made it 2—0. chelsea weren‘t to be outdone in the brilliant goal stakes.. christian pulisic, with the skill and power that made it 4—3 before alex oxlade—chamberlain made it five, for the champions. but despite the 8—goal, thriller, this is what the home side had really been waiting for. captain jordan henderson, wasn‘t born the last time liverpool, won the top prize. and here he is with the premier league trophy and these scenes will have been repeated wherever liverpool fans not allowed into anfield were watching. outstanding, to be honest. i thought if the game is not that good, then i‘m not that good in losing, so sometimes i‘d carry it around a little bit. but the boys were generous. they gave me an exciting game, they gave a

the premier league season comes to a close on sunday. aston villa moved out of the relegation zone last night, but only on goal difference. their bid to stay up will go to the final day. joe lynskey reports. aston villa's manager barely raised a smile. his team have one game to go and the job a smile. his team have one game to go and thejob is not done a smile. his team have one game to go and the job is not done yet but this was a night when they held their nerve. villa could see the route to safety earlier in the evening. they watched watford play manchester city together and the tea m manchester city together and the team they are trying to catch crumbled. ina team they are trying to catch crumbled. in a week they sacked their manager, watford lost 4—0, a result that harms their spirit and their goal difference. that figure is no worse than villa's so should they be level on points watford will be relegated. they have just one more chance to save themselves. be relegated. they have just one more chance to save themselvesm has come d

league matches legally in saudi arabia with this permanent ban on the premier league's license broadcaster the u.k. has banned the purchase of new 5 g. equipment from chinese telecoms giant hallway from december the 31st hallway has called the decision disappointing and politicized by mr baez johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the u.s. but says the company is a security risk britain's digital minister all over dowden said it was not an easy decision but the right one for u.k. telecoms. the u.k. can no longer be confident it will be able to guarantee the security of future privacy while we 5 to equipment affected by the change in u.s. foreign direct product rules the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei to equipment to build the u.k.'s future 5 g. networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so china is accusing the united states of trying to stir up trouble in the south

this was all booting up in the premier league so you wonder if something was actually said quietly that the deal might not go through and this is how saudi arabia fights but where does it leave newcastle united who would've potentially become a super power of european football in the premier league they're now in a situation of wondering what's going to happen at the club next and away from new interesting to do with football's world governing body as well. yes a lot happening in there's a certain familiarity to this job we're looking at johnny in front of course the president a favor has been for 4 years a swiss special prosecutor has commenced criminal proceedings as a legal process that's been going on not entirely surprising because it's about in fronting those 3 alleged meetings behind closed doors with the swiss attorney general michael lauper that's got michael lauber in a lot of trouble those meetings he's had to give up some of his salary there are other repercussions for him today i'm going forward but this is not what 3 for a further investigation into the current president j

puerto threshed motier in says 61 on the night that they also received the premier league trophy luis is open the scoring for porto with this header more into equalized before puerto rico in the lead and then the floodgates opened a. free kick followed by the 1st of 2 goals from kenya suarez quarter finished 2nd last year to their bursa rivals been but they were not to be denied this time around this is the 29th time in porter's history that they have won the portuguese league title sunday's greek cup final has been postponed of the fears of fan violence after police found petrol bombs and wooden bats near the stadium in athens a ek athens and olympiakos who played each other in the greek super league last sunday were meant to meet in the final but the greek football federation so they're looking at a new date and a possible new venue. u.s. president donald trump has again criticized players who neil during the national anthem tweeting that it shows disrespect and that the game would be over for him if that happened the president also said he's looking forward to live sport restarting

final—day drama at the bottom of the premier league, aston villa are staying up. despite a win for bournemouth, it's not enough to keep them up. watford are also relegated. manchester united will play in the champions league next season after beating leicester, the foxes miss out. and england turn the screw at old trafford, only the weather can save the windies now. hello and welcome to sportsday. slightly later than scheduled. the premier league season is over, the title was settled weeks ago, but there was still a lot at stake today, especially at norwich had already been relegated and bournemouth and watford will go down with them. aston villa doing just enough to stay in the top division. here's our sports correspondent, joe wilson. 4pm. aston villa, 17th. by a hair's's breath. watford only one goal of difference behind. bournemouth three points further back. that is how it began. ready? a penalty for arsenal against watford. four minutes gone, watford's troubled deeper. bournemouth suddenly glimpsed and escaped. here's their penalty against everton. 24th minu

league matches legally in saudi arabia with this permanent ban on the premier league's licensed broadcaster. $33.00 times spanish champions around madrid could be just one win away from clinching their 1st league title in 3 years on monday rael defeated granada $21.00 for the 9th victory in a row goals from ferland mehndi and karim benzema helps put rail 4 points clear of bitter rivals barcelona city as it turns men could secure the championship on thursday when they host villareal as part of the they were meant to know more we haven't won anything yet but this is a very important women we've got tonight and we're very happy with that but we still have 2 games left to go and we'll have to see what happens and for now we can only focus on recovering and resting well ahead of tuesday's for our next game. over in italy into milan have kept their slim set a our title hopes alive after a 31 win over to reno on monday and turn your country side at 8 points behind leaders eventis with only 6 games left to play the victory sees into move ahead of last year in 2nd place in the standings into have no

the premier league season is over. liverpool wrapped up the title weeks ago, but there was no lack of drama on the final day, when aston villa were the big winners. austin halewood rounds up the action. too they are there, aston villa have secured a place in secured a place too they are there, aston villa have secured a place in the premier league for the last season. belief or aston villa, a draw at west ham enough for them to survive. job done. but onlyjust. it feels better than unintelligible a lot of people had us relegated. we have been solid defensively, we have looked strong and we have managed to stay in the premier league now which is a big achievement. after 11 premier league now which is a big achievement. after“ months premier league now which is a big achievement. after 11 months and 17 days of this season there was still drama to come. the equation was simple — three teams in trouble, only one could survive. but for watford their fate was sealed early on, 3—0 down to arsenal and left with too much t

and i'm peter stand with your sports leading rights group calls on the premier league to take saudi arabia's human rights record into account when considering the country's take over bird from newcastle united. welcome to the news and intelligence report has found the british government actively avoided looking into evidence of russian interference in u.k. politics it says the government failed to take action even after evidence of emerged of moscow trying to influence the 2014 scottish independence referendum the authors say it's hard to prove the kremlin meddled in the later brics it referendum but the u.k. was slow to recognize the threat and the report warns that russia's cyber capability poses what it calls an immediate threat to britain's national security. now the u.k. government insists it's not being complacent when it comes to the flow of illegal russian money into the country but members of the parliamentary committee didn't agree. what we do know about russian influence in the u.k. is that is the new normal successive governments of welcome russian oligarchs and their money with

and i'm lee wellings with the sports news is the premier league faces more scrutiny over saudi arabia's takeover bid at newcastle human rights watch is now calling on the league to take the kingdom schuman watch what called into account when considering whether to allow the deal to go through. good to have you with us welcome to the new intelligence reporters found the british government actively avoided looking into evidence of russian interference in u.k. politics it says the government failed to take action even after evidence of merge to moscow trying to influence the 2014 scottish independence referendum. the authors say it's hard to prove the kremlin meddled in the later breaks that referendum but the u.k. was slow to recognize the threat and the report warns that russia's cyber capability poses what it calls an immediate threat to britain's national security members of the parliamentary committee also accuse the government of being complacent about the flow of illegal russian money into the country what we do know about russian influence in the u.k. is that it is the new normal s

leeds united's wait to return to the premier league is finally over. west brom's defeat at huddersfield last night meant that one of the biggest clubs in england return to the top flight of english football. the result sparked celebrations across the city. 0ur reporter mike bushell has spent the morning at the home of leeds, elland road. yes, so leeds united fans and players, indeed, have been celebrating into the night after getting back into the premier league for the first time in 16 years. for thenit for the first time in 16 years. for then it seems like an eternity. five owners, 15 managers, they have finally done it after all of their financial problems and what they have been through. you can see what it means to the city into the fans andi it means to the city into the fans and i amjoined it means to the city into the fans and i am joined by dave simpson, author of the last champion is all about leeds united. what was it like last night for you? it was incredible. it does feel slightly surreal. you wait so long for something and then it is fina

nerves are jingling ahead of the premier league season. who will say up? hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. today should have been the opening ceremony of the 2020 olympics in tokyo, but with the coronavirus pandemic forcing their postponement for a year, enthusiasm for hosting the event in tokyo has since plummeted. many are wondering whether they will ever take place at all. a poll this week found only 23% of japanese people support holding the games next year. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has this report. by by now, the buildings around me here should have been bustling with thousands of athletes from all over the world getting ready to compete against each other. of course because of covid—i9, they're not here. this place remains a ghost town. but will it be any different a year from now? is town. but will it be any different a yearfrom now? is covid—i9 is still circulating widely, if there isn't a vaccine, then how will it be possible to host an olympics here in tokyo safely? from brazil to india, south africa t

absorbed still the coach of last season's premier league champions and this season's runners up believes he is owed an apology from other coaches and clubs after his club's lawyers picked up the biggest win of the season. well i pods there's the from our sports desk is here to talk more about all this to tell us briefly what is financial fair play well financial fair play is basically you can spend more than you earn in other words expenses can't exceed revenues and revenues come from gate receipts from t.v. money from sponsorships and marketing so if you're a club that let's say you've got $10000000.00 euro set aside for a special player but that's player costs 30000000 you can't buy him under financial fair play rules are f. f. p. but let's say you have a rich owner and that owner uses some of his companies to sponsor you you go to him and say by the way can you increase the sponsorship by 20000000 so that we can get that guy and that ruins then the idea of financial fair play which is basically designed to level the playing field among clubs all over europe i mean there are destitute

release for aston villa his team will take their fight for premier league survival three nail biting matters. partly thanks to va are. partly thanks to var, an early mamadou sakho goal for crystal palace initially given, then disallowed for handball. sakho not the only one debating where the shoulder stops and the arm starts. but aston villa will take all the help they can get in this relegation battle, their forwards haven't been scoring but mahmood trezeguet popped up just before half time.early in the second half, var intervened again, villa initially awarded a penalty by martin atkinson. but overturned after a second, third, fourth and fifth look. did jack grealish make a meal of this one? no matterfor the home side, trezeguet choosing the ideal time to rediscover his scoring touch cue the celebrations in aston villa—supporting living rooms, yet confusion at the final whistle conflict on the pitch, and eventually a sending off for crystal palace's christian benteke butjob done for dean smith and aston villa. ds bbc news elsewhere today wolves put three past everton in a compren

first came the promotions then came premier league security. the eddie howe years probably bournemouth‘s most successful but if they wanted to survive this year, it was now 01’ never. against southampton they started strong. josh king creating the best chance in the first half. but the visitors have danny ings in their ranks and he has been on fire this season. a first chance and of course a first goal. bournemouth with a mountain to climb. their fans are desperate for someone to put their hands up and take control but not that way. harry wilson handling the ball in the box, penalty. a sure—fire goal for danny ings? not quite. bournemouth thrown a lifeline. and in injury time it paid off. sam sturridge with a huge goalfor the home side. but was it? callum wilson spotted offside by var. and to add insult to injury. a winning goalfor che a winning goal for che adams, heartbreak. we have to believe it is possible, it is very difficult for us now. it is not going to be a nice feeling or a nice week for us. so bournemouth‘s fate is out of th

to some football to use now liverpool sealed the premier league title last month but had to wait to lift the trophy until wednesday after beating chelsea 53 at home the muted ceremony and side of the saving am attracted. or rather it was muted inside of the stadium outside it attracted hundreds of fans despite warnings not to congregate in large groups to avoid spreading the coronavirus the crowd set off flares and made lots of noise until the early hours of the morning this is liverpool's 1st premier league title in 30 years. and if you look up tonight you will be lucky enough to see the needle wise comment it is so close to earth at the moment that it could be seen without a telescope it's about as bright as the north star comets are prime targets for scientists and this one won't return so close to earth for another 7000 years. when comets come too close to the sun their ice evaporates. this shoots massive dust particles into space and creates shimmering clouds. because of these glowing particles you can see the comet without a telescope. the astronauts on the international space stat

it's been 16 long years since leeds united were in the premier league — but they'll be on the brink of promotion from the championship tonight if they beat barnsley before kicking off at elland road this afternoon the two teams paid tribute to jack charlton who died on friday. it took leeds less than half an hour to opening the scoring, although they had barnsley‘s michael sollbauer to thank for finishing it. and with just a few minutes left, leads are still one habits are up, they will need just a point if they win to seal a place in the premier league next season. and there could be another team all in white about to celebrate. with the spanish football season approaching its climax and with two games to go, real madrid need just two points to clinch the title, because of their head—to—head record against second—placed barcelona. a win tonight against villarreal will wrap up la liga for los blancos. barcelona are at home to 0sasuna, but it's out of their hands now as drew savage reports. not long now until real metric at their first shot at clinching my week off for some four

bournemouth are on the brink of ending their five—year stay in the premier league. they were beaten 2—0 by south coast neighbours southampton and must win their final game to have a chance of staying up. in the day's other game, harry kane's two goals dented leicester's hopes of qualifying for the champions league. tottenham hotspur won 3—0. watford have sacked manager nigel pearson with two games of the premier league remaining. pearson, who was appointed in december, is the third manager sacked by the club this season. they sit just three points above the relegation zone. it's set to be an exciting final day of the second test as england chase an unlikely victory. the hosts took most of the day to bowl out the west indies for 287 in theirfirst innings at old trafford. england then added 37 runs this evening to end the fourth day leading by 219. lewis hamilton has moved to the top of the formula 1 world championship after victory in hungary. the six—time world champion led from start to finish at the hungaroring ahead of max verstappen who came second despite