Are in sweden to take on malmo, and Fenerbah E play the belgian Side Union Saint gilloise. All those over on the Bbc Sport website. Its a big night of European Football in the Womens Game as well with the second round of the champions league. Just a few of them there, all those are second leg ties. Psg looking to turn around a two goal defecit againstjuventus. Manchester City Shouldnt have too much trouble against paris, Real Madrid taking on sporting lisbon. British sides celtic and arsenal also look to have tricky games. Again, full details of all those on the website. Britains Jack Draper is through to the last 16 of the Japan Open following a straight Set Win over mattia bellucci. Draper, who is now World Number 20, beat the italian in straight sets for his first victory since Defeat Byjannik Sinner in the Us Open Semi Finals earlier this month. The victory marks a return to form for the 22 year old after a disappointing Davis Cup in manchester where he lost his two singles matches
For the first time after hundreds of women made allegations of Sexual Abuse against former owner mohamed Al Fayed. Michael ward said in a statement the company failed our colleagues and that he wanted to make it clear that he was not aware of criminality and abuse. Our correspondent, helena wilkinson, is in knightsbridge. Helena. This is the first time we have heard from Michael Ward since the Bbc Documentary last week. Let me read you a bit more of the statement we have had in the last hour. He says he wanted to convey his personal horror at the revelations that have emerged over the past week. He says that we have all seen the survivors bravely speak about the terrible abuse they suffered at the hands of former owner mohamed Al Fayed. We failed our colleagues and for that we are deeply sorry. The statement also goes on to say, i feel it is important to make it clear that i was not aware of his criminality and abuse. While it is true rumours of his behaviour circulated in the public d
I think were getting to a real sort of dangerous level of what our expectations are around players. Because instead of focusing on 1 2 tournaments, its about the calendar year. Thats more of an issue, players dont get a break between seasons like they used to. Theres more tournaments, international, at a club level, continental level. So itll get to a point where we wont have the best players out there playing, and probably even worse as them breaking down for various reasons. So its definitely that needs to be addressed. Something that needs to be addressed. And its notjust the british clubs struggling. Ajax Take On Besiktas in another of Tonights Europa League matches, and their midfielder Jordan Henderson has described the current workload on players as crazy. Something that looks neat needs looking something that looks neat needs looking up something that looks neat needs looking up properly. Theyjust dont et looking up properly. Theyjust dont get any looking up properly. Theyjust
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Wiped out the last of its gains made for the year so far. Some of the heaviest losses came in from the big tech stocks which sent the Nasdaq Composite to a Market Leading Loss of nearly 1. 9 . Shares of chinese real estate Giant Evergrande jumped by 28 as trading resumed in hong kong, after being halted last week. We will put up those figures for you as well, and as you can see the debt laden Developers Stock market valuation has fallen by almost 99 sincejuly valuation has fallen by almost 99 since july 2020. Valuation has fallen by almost 99 sincejuly 2020. We should also point out that it is a penny stock at this stage, just to put those numbers in context as well. 0ver to put those numbers in context as well. Over the last year, it has come to light that the Evergrande Company is the worlds most indebted developer, with liabilities at over 300 billion. But its not alone. 0thersmaller over 300 billion. But its not alone. Other Smaller Developers have also defaulted on their debts, le