the last few hours. he left tottenham in 2019. he joins after a dismal season for chelsea, they finished 12th in the premier league and our reporter has more. chelsea have enjoyed a terrible season, there west on points in the premier league, they lost on the tap of their matches. their squad is bloated, it is expensively assembled. they have spent £60 million since last summer. they have very little to show for it, they have not qualified for europe and as a result their spending in his first transfer window will be hit as a result. frank lampard, they interim manager, the third manager of the season, openly said standards have dropped. he officially starts in july, that gives him a month to ascertain who is up to scratch. it is a tall order but you suspect pochettino is probably one of a handful of managers who might be able tojuggle it handful of managers who might be able to juggle it all. you mention when he goes to manage it all, the experience he would have had alread
hugging it out. good morning, everyone! that was a hollywood ending for rexham and the team s owners. after years of struggling, the welsh soccer club has achieved its dream of a major promotion. look at that. tears. wow, wow, congratulations to them. we ll talk more about that. plus, president biden set to name a campaign manager as he prepares to run for re-election, but new polls are showing that many americans are not excited about a trump/biden rematch. also, the faa is investigating after engines caught fire on two different american airlines planes. but we re going to start in sudan this morning, where the u.s. has now launched a daring rescue operation to evacuate americans from the war zone. the pentagon says that special ops forces blew into flew into the war-torn sudanese capital and helicopters to pick up u.s. diplomats and their families. we re told the mission was fast, it was clean, and u.s. troops were on the ground for less than an hour. here s a ph
this is been seen as something of a new era in women s cricket add et al. starts next summer. eight counties selected for tier 1. durham, essex, hampshire, lancashire, nottinghamshire, somerset, surrey and warwickshire. two more will be added in 2027 and a further two in 2029, ultimately there will be three tiers with 12 teams at the top, no room for promotion relegation in the first three years. most importantly, the £8 million of new funding every year by 2027. the whole point of the restructure is to aim for an 80% increase in professional female cricketers by 2029. big commitment and big ambitions for the growth of the game. some counties disappointed at not being selected? all 18 first class counties and the mcc were invited to tender,
they won 3 2. the news started to filter through to the hamburg side who will now play in the promotion relegation play off against stuttgart. contrasting range of emotions. novak djokovic has started his bed for a men s record 23rd grand slam singles title with a straight sets victory at the french open and elsewhere, norrie is also three, he squeezed past a french player and a five set victory. he is the 14th seed, he started strongly taking the first set and despite being hundred and 35 places below ignoring mba rankings he won the second and third sets, but norrie back to complete the win. he is the only briton left in the tournament afterjack draper withdrew from injury. sloane stephens has knocked out the world number 16, six love,
the number one sport on the planet, we don t have to waste time debating that, the beautiful game in a country full of sports and sports fans that consume an incredible amount of sports, ted lasso and this story is opening up, i think, one of the coolest parts of soccer as it exists as an entrant sport. this idea of promotion relegation. this idea of a team playing in not even what s called the football league. right? they re outside of the professional side of the table. to be able to win and climb the rung and get up to the level where you can play in manchester united and against these teams. that s cool part of this story, the sporting meritocracy of promotion relegation as it exists over there? what about paul mullen. 47 goals this season? that s the other thing. the last time we had this conversation is when lester went you ll remember that story years ago, where they went and won the premiere league. that was a team that went