they have got this one badly wrong and now they are very, very exposed as is the government. the bbc has apologised for its limited sports programming this weekend after several tv and radio shows have been cancelled, as controversy continues over the corporation s decision to take gary lineker off match of the day. the presenter will not be hosting the programme tonight after criticising the government s language about migrants on social media. a number of presenters and pundits decided not to take part in some shows, in solidarity with gary lineker. football focus and final score were among those pulled and radio 5 live has also faced disruption to its schedules. a bbc spokesperson said it s working hard to resolve the situation. our media correspondent david sillito reports. when gary lineker left home this morning, it wasn t his normal saturday schedule. the decision by the bbc to drop him from match of the day for tweets one of which described a statement by the ho
in the premiership, for a place in the top flight next season. meanwhile, well done to annan athletic they have been promoted to the third tier of scottish football for the first time in their history. they beat clyde 2 1 to win 5 2 over both legs to replace clyde in league i. onto the golf. it s also tight at the top of the leader board at the us pga championship. scottie scheffler, viktor hovland and corey conners share the lead at 5 under par. justin rose led the british charge at rochester in upstate new york with three birdies across his first seven holes, but he followed that up with three bogies to finish the second round on one under par overall, four strokes off the lead. it is the end of an era for welsh rugby union. arguably the greatest, alun wynjones, announced his retirement from international rugby. head coach warren gatland has described him as an incredibly special player. he s now 37, and is world
race to stay not something that can happen. the race to stay up is captivating and excruciating. watching from the top i manchester city. even if arsenal win, they still need just three points, and they host chelsea on sunday. this is the premier league s home straight, and at both ends of the table, it will soon be settled. a tense weekend then. it s going to be an all south yorkshire final in the play offs to decide who is promoted from leaguei to the championship. this is after barnsley beat bolton last night in the second leg of their semifinal. cheered on by their home crowd, liam kitching scored the only goal of the game to send barnsley through 2 1 on aggregate, and they will meet sheffield wednesday in the final at wembley after their comeback heroics on thursday. bolton now face a third successive season in the third tier. partick thistle won the first leg of their scottish premiership play off semifinal against ayr united, 3 0. very much advantage. they ll play again next w
gary lineker having good discussions. whether gary lineker will having good discussions. whether gary lineker will say having good discussions. whether gary lineker will say they - having good discussions. whether gary lineker will say they are - gary lineker will say they are having good discussions or not we would have to ask him. he doesn t seem in any position to want to return to much of the day at the moment with this current situation with his twitter and the bbc have said he can t come back until that is resolved. it seems like every sportsman and woman on twitter is on his side, all going on saying i support gary lineker. none of them, it seemed, wanted to present much of the day, football focus, fighting talk on 5 live command football is such a big part of the bbc schedules at the weekend. it s been severely disrupted today, there is barely any on at all. you even had a league i, a minor club in the uk, saying they would not speak to bbcjournalists. it is a situation th
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The Government approved on Thursday the allocation of additional budget resources needed to organize three international sports competitions in Romania, the Ministry of Youth and Sports showed in a press release. The world of sports enjoys new good news, as a result of approval in the government meeting today of decisions too allocate additional budget resources for the organization of three major international sports competitions, all of them to be held in Romania for the first time. Thus, the government approved to supplement the budget of the Ministry of Youth and Sports from the budget reserve fund at its disposal, set out in the state budget for 2021, with a total amount of 10,375 thousand lei, said the same source.