birmingham scored twice and stopped the knights best chance of an upset. the championship side played blackburn next. the team with third round regret are chesterfield, who went to championship west brom and got swept away. the non league side were seconds from a win in the first game, but their moment had gone. a 4 0 win for the baggies in the replay and for chesterfield, a cold and cruel night in the cup. joe lenski, bbc news. the british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe s firm ineos say they ve formally put themselves into the process of buying manchester united. united s current owners, the glazerfamily said in november that they were considering selling the club as they explore strategic alternatives. ratcliffe made an unsuccessful offer to buy chelsea last year after roman abramovich put the club up for sale. but his process is likely to be conducted, or this process is likely to be conducted in a very different way. now at the australian open, andy murray said he left it all out the
jolene ski, bbc news. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe s firm ineos say they have formally put themselves into the process of buying manchester united. united s current owners, the glazer family, said in november that they were considering selling the club as they explore strategic alternatives . ratcliffe made an unsuccessful late offer to buy chelsea last year, after ramon abramovich put the club up for sale. but his process is likely to be conducted in a very different way. andy murray said he left it all out there after winning a five set match injust underfive hours against the 13th seed, matteo berrettini. it was a stunning first round performance from the 35 year old, who held a two set lead before his italian rival fought back to level at two sets all. murray saved a match point in the deciding set before defeating the 2021 wimbledon runner up in a tie break by ten points to six. joining murray in the next round is british number two dan evans, who beat facundo bagnis
despite reports today that his bid had been rejected out of hand. ratcliffe, who is the majority shareholder of the chemical group ineos, made a late offer of £a.25 billion for the premier league club on friday. a consortium led by la dodgers owner todd boehly is understood to be the preferred bidderfor chelsea. our sports editor dan roan spoke to ratcliffe today. there s been no communication. so, it s a shame, i think. i would ve expected at least the courtesy of a call. but we didn t get that. do you think that might mean that you are still alive in this bid, then, there s still hope? if you haven t been told you are 100% out? i don t know the correct answer the question. at the end of the day, whoever buys chelsea has to get the approval of the government. and i suppose at this moment they don t know whether their consortium will get the approval of the government. if i were them, i wouldn t close all the doors. watford manager roy hodgson has said he will be leaving the club at t
the women s super league title race will go to the final day of the season after second placed arsenal beat tottenham 3 0. the gunners went ahead afterjust four minutes when beth mead danced through the spurs defence. caitlin foord then scored twice effectively end the game. the win leaves arsenal a point behind leaders chelsea. elsewhere, birmingham have been relegated after being thumped 6 0 by manchester city. the last round of matches on sunday. elsewhere, one of the founding members of the wsl, birmingham city are relegated. manchester city thumped them 6 0 at the academy stadium. the game was goalless at half time. georgia stanway with two of their goals. birmingham finish bottom, but for city, that win lifts them back up to third and into the champions league places. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe says he is not giving up on taking over chelsea despite reports today that his bid had been rejected out of hand. ratcliffe, who is the majority shareholder of the chemical gro
they re taking on birmingham, at the academy stadium birmingham, who are bottom of the table and need to win to take the relegation battle to final day. a draw orwin a draw or win for city, and they are backin a draw or win for city, and they are back in the champions league positions. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe says he is not giving up on taking over chelsea, despite reports today that his bid had been rejected out of hand. ratcliffe, who is the majority shareholder of the chemical group ineos, made a late offer of £a.25 billion for the premier league club on friday. a consortium led by la dodgers owner todd boehly is understood to be the preferred bidderfor chelsea. the bbc s sports editor dan roan spoke to ratcliffe today. there s been no communication. so it s a shame, i think, i would ve expected at least the courtesy of a call. to expected at least the courtesy of a call. ., ~ ., expected at least the courtesy of a call. ., ,, ., ., ., call. to think that might mean