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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  April 30, 2024 2:45am-3:01am BST

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here's what's coming up on the programme. could the system that saw everton and nottingham forest docked premier league points he on its way out? england rugby star billy vunipola apologises, after being arrested in majorca following an incident in a nightclub. and nadal marches on. but the 22—time grand slam champion is made to work hard, to make the last 16 in madrid. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. it's been a premier league season full of drama on the pitch — with the title race still to be concluded. off the pitch, the league's profit and sustainability rules have found everton and nottingham forest in breach, with points deductions this campaign. but interesting developments today concerning the premier league — could that method of spending be on the way out for a new financial model,
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which the majority of clubs voted in favour for? called �*anchoring' — it's more of a spending cap, and could come in the season after next. here's our sports editor dan roan with more from one of the club's opposing the possible introduction, manchester united. the current system known as the profit and sustainability regulations has been very controversial because everton and nottingham forest have fallen foul of it and been docked points for breaching a rule that restricts losses over a three year period. some clubs have been pushing for a new system which would effectively mean a hard salary cap known as anchoring. it would see clubs allowed spending on new players and wages limited to a multiple of the amount of money earned by the lowest placed club in television revenue. those clubs believe that this would bill mean a fairer premier league and a more competitive balance at a time when the likes of manchester city have secured a sixth title in seven seasons.
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at other clubs such as manchester united behind me and manchester city, aston villa as well who voted against the idea today amid fears it could mean players have to be sold and handed an advantage to european rivals. there is a split within the premier league and talks will be advanced with a club vote perhaps in the summer. the players union have also expressed concern. there is still a long way to go it was an important step forward. english clubs might have been knocked out of the champions league but there are still two key english players involved. the first leg of bayern munich against real madrid is tuesday night in germany, a game which over here is understandably being billed as harry kane against jude bellingham. having managed his current team against bellingham's former side borussia dortmund, thomas tuchel is talking from experience when he said the england midielder�*s development has been extraordinary. he was fantastic here in the bundesliga and how he progressed showed the level of personality and i think this
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is only possible with a huge personality. everyone who plays for real madrid also plays with the pressure of that shirt and the pressure to play for this club and with the demands and the expectations. he handles it like he has never done anything else before. is very dangerous and very, very physical in this game. he is an absolute key player in a very offensive position and we aware of aware of it and try to find solutions. he was fantastic here in the bundesliga, and how england rugby union international billy vunipola has apologised and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. the bbc understands he was tasered by police on the island of majorca after they were called to a bar in the island's capital. vunipola called it a "misunderstanding" and said there was no violence. our sports news correspondent laura scott has more.
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this we know that this incident involving billy vunipola happened at a club in palma on the island of majorca in the early hours of sunday morning. the number eight who has played for england on 75 occasions describe what happened is an unfortunate misunderstanding that got out of hand. we know that police were called to the club and we understand he was tasered and arrested and later charged and appeared in court. however in a statement he has said that contrary to media reports there was no violence, no fight and i did not threaten anybody at any stage with bottles or chairs or anything else. i was charged with resisting the law and following an express trial i have paid a fine of 240 euros. having paid that finally know that spanish police investigation has closed and billy vunipola is now free to fly back to the uk. what will now follow
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is an internal process at his club, saracens, and he said he will co—operate with that and he unreservedly apologises for any inconvenience he has caused during this incident. it's been another busy day of tennis at the madrid open — and one of the main draws, rafael nadal, is into the next round. home favourite nadal took over three hours though, to overcome the world number 91 pedro cachin. nadal eventually came through on top, winning 6—1, 6—7, 6—3 as he tries to get his body ready for next month's french open. he'll face jiri lehecka in the next round. some moments good, some moments not good. i find a way to get through and even with some mistakes i was able to be a little more unpredictable and that probably changed the match. jannik sinner won four games in a row from 5—3 down in the second set to come out with a win over pavel kotov. he battled through a hip injury to fight his way into the last 16, where he'll face karen khachanov. and joining him in the last 16 is the number five seed
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casper ruud — who beat briton cameron norrie in straight sets. he'll take on canadian felix auger—aliassime next. daniil medvedev had to come back from a set down to beat sebastian korda in three sets as he also progressed to the last 16. he will face alexander bublik next, to try and clinch his first quarter—final appearance in madrid. and number three seed coco gauff was been knocked out by fellow american, the number 18 seed madison keys, who rallied from first and third—set deficits to win 7—6, 4—6, 6—4. she heads to the quarterfinals at the caja magica for the first time in her career. at the world snooker championship in sheffield the quarter—final line up is now complete, with last eight matches starting on tuesday. kyren wilson advanced with a 13—6 win over debutant joe 0'connor,and this man — ronnie o'sullivan — has also booked his place. he comfortably beat welshman ryan day, 13 frames to seven.
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a 52 break in his winning frame helped the �*rocket�* reach his 22nd world championship quarter—final. the seven time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. after the match he spoke about dealing with the pressure of being the favourite. ever since i was a kid everyone must expect and i would win every tournament that i turned up in play. so i kind of grew with that as i played. i've just been conditioned to dealing with that sort of pressure so does not bother me. it is more pressure put myself under. i know i'm what i am capable of and when i don't produce it. when i find this game hard my life get hard and when the game is good to me life becomes a pleasant place again, you know? o'sullivan will play the 2015 world champion stuart bingham in the quarterfinal. bingham won the last two frames against fellow englishmanjack lisowski to reach the last eight, winning by 13 frames to 11. john higgins needed all his experience to beat mark allen, the world number three. it came down to the final
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black of the final frame. and higgins, the fourtime world champion put it away to set up a quarterfinal against kyren wilson. nfl news now — and travis kelce has agreed a two—year contract extension with the kansas city chiefs. this latest deal is expected to make him one of the league's highest—paid tight ends and would keep him with the super bowl champions through the 2027 season. from one travis to another — and one hoping to emulate the more famous kelce by perhaps one day winning a superbowl! travis clayton is another british prospect on the nfl's international player pathway, whose roots are in rugby. selected by the buffalo bills in the draft at the weekend, clayton now begins another tough journey — to try and make the bills' regular season roster. the basingstoke rugby club coach richard cheetham told the bbc�*s hugh ferris, that his former player is following a long—held ambition. the conversation we had when we first met two years ago, that that was his dream, to be an nfl player, not being familiar with the process i thought they were recruited from within america and i did not know how he would follow that journey through.
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but it was a dream as long as i have known him and he never gave up on it. his character, discipline, his focus on what he did on the from the start and his attributes physically on the pitch. they would him in good stead. he has psychological strength and physical strength that will definitely work together. i called him yesterday and reminded him when he was sitting in basingstoke about his injury and his dedication to rehabilitation, there is no question about his mindset whatsoever, about being able to adapt to the new environment and apply himself. the mindset that he showed to overcome his injury and never give up on his dream. finally — to a bmx rider taking �*defying the laws of gravity�* to another level. greek bmx'er george ntavoutian has made history by completing the largest full loop ever recorded in world biking.
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he performed the trick inside a disused pipe in the city of trikala. it was 7.5 metres high — worth watching again. that's as tall as a two—story building — looks incredibly dangerous — do not try this at home. his completion of the record prompted scenes of celebrations. just enough time to recap our top story. the financial system which has seen everton and nottingham forest lose premier league points this season has taken a big step towards being changed. clubs have voted to explore the option of a spending cap. that is all from us, thank you for watching and we will see you soon. hello there. monday brought some bright and breezy conditions for some of us, and in the sunshine it felt
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pleasantly warm, particularly if you had a little bit of shelter. in fact, we saw temperatures around 17 degrees through east anglia and down into the london area. it was a very different story furtherwest, however. cloud and rain lingered for much of the day and in some spots we had just shy of half an inch of rain. now, if we take a look at what's going to come through tuesday, it will be a similar kind of story. unfortunately, out to the west we'll see quite a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. clearer skies further east and with lighter winds we'll see a little more in the way of sunshine. so showery rain across south—west england, wales and into northern ireland through the morning. that low pressure not moving very far, so it'll stay rather grey and damp. we could see a few scattered showers across east anglia and south—east england into the afternoon. but sandwiched in between the two, a lovely slice of sunshine. temperatures will respond, the high teens quite widely here. even in the cloud and rain, well, we'll see temperatures mid—teens for some. some improvement into northern ireland. western scotland keeps a few scattered showers, but eastern scotland a little bit cooler with a breeze coming in off the sea,
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but it will be largely dry and sunny. so that low pressure just pulls a little bit further out to the west and the wind direction changes to more of a south—easterly. now, to start off with on wednesday it'll be a relatively mild start but that south—easterly breeze, well, that could just drive in a little more cloud in off the north sea and the potential for some showery rain to drift its way along those east coast once again. so west will be best on wednesday in terms of sunshine and potentially in terms of warmth. so we could still once again see temperatures into the mid to high teens quite widely. now, as we move out of wednesday, towards the end of the week, the weather story gets a little bit messy. it's likely that that weather front could still enhance some showers across central and southern england. the low pressure never too far away with the best of the drier, brighter weather the further north. we are always going to keep those temperatures, though, slightly above the average for the time of year. but still, that wind
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coming in from the east. so at times we will be chasing cloud amounts around. there will be some outbreaks of rain, but it'll stay relatively mild into the bank holiday weekend.
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live from washington. this is bbc news. western leaders urge hamas to accept israel's proposal for a truce in gaza,
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as dozens more are killed in airstrikes in rafah. us universities increase pressure on anti—war demonstrators to suspend protests but students say they aren't going anywhere. obviously no—one here has left and everyone here is willing to put everything on the line for it. and as russian missile attacks continue, president zelensky warns that western weapons aren't arriving fast enough. i'm helena humphrey, glad you could join me. western leaders are urging hamas to accept a ceasefire offerfrom israel, which could pause fighting in a war that has lasted over 200 days and according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry has killed 311,000 gazans. america's top diplomat — us secretary of state antony blinken — is making a high stakes trip to the middle east — asking regional leaders to press hamas to accept the terms of a new deal. mr blinken says the offer
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is "extraordinarily generous". hamas negotiators have reportedly left peace talks

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