prepare to bury their children. now on bbc news the hidden world of football. bbc wales investigates goes undercover to examine corruption in lower league football. 0h! go and wake your kids up, something special is happening here tonight. unbelievable! football has never been more popular. it is truly the global game. the top players earn millions. at the other end of the scale, players are paid just a few hundred pounds. the football industry is worth billions and there can be big profits in buying and selling players, but also through gambling. in the welsh premier league alone, £160 million is gambled on matches every year. and that is just the money we know about. more is gambled on black markets across the world. and it is money which can attract the wrong kind of people to the sport. i the wrong kind of people to the sort. ~ , ., ., sport. i think it is fair to say that corruption sport. i think it is fair to say that corruption has - sport. i think it is fair to sa
president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting as the parents prepare to bury their children. legendaryjockey lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. liverpool football club have called for an investigation into the security arrangements of saturday s champions league final in paris, after thousands of fans were stopped from gaining access to the ground. police fired tear gas and pepper spray at supporters, as some attempted to climb over the security barriers delaying kick off for more than half an hour. liverpool went on to lose 1 0 to real madrid. danjohnson reports from paris. these are scenes any football fan will find uncomfortable and not what you d expect to see at the biggest european final in 2022. thousands of supporters, frustrated and angry, after the french police reached quickly for the tear gas as th
news, the headlines. anger at the treatment of fans at the champions league final in paris. the match is delayed andsome supporters claim they were tear gassed and prevented from entering the ground. real madrid win the match, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool. the spanish football side take the title for a record fourteenth time. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting as the parents prepare to bury their children. legendaryjockey lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. now on bbc news it s time for click. this week, we will catch up with an olympic superstar hoping to help women exercise smarter. i m trying to run for a gold medal here, b
few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it s pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o clock. lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987 piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of hi
news, the headlines. the government says it s very concerned over upsetting scenes at the champions league final as fans were tear gassed in paris. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting as the parents prepare to bury their children. one of the greatestjockeys of all time, lester piggott, who won the derby 9 times, has died at the age of 86. thank you very much for your company throughout this morning. lewis will be here with you at two o clock. lewis will be here with you at two o clock. now on bbc news it s the travel show. this week on the travel show, a resurrection in bavaria. i found the role of playing jesus to be very exhausting. every day after the play, you are