Hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Its transfer deadline day but not as we know it, with one of the quiestest days in history. Well tell you whos been in business. Pressure on social Media Companies to stamp out racism. We hear what more needs to be done, with Marcus Rashford the latest target of online abuse. And big names from the Lgbt Community help the bbc kick off a month long celebration. Hello and welcome to sportsday. The January Transfer Window closes at 11pm tonight for efl and and Premier League clubs so were into the final few hours for new signings for the final stretch of the season. Last years Winter Window was massive Bruno Fernandes the headline deal, going to Manchester United for nearly £70 million. Almost quarter of a billion was spent in all there. In 2018, it was even higher. 430 million spent then, which included Pierre Emerick aubameyangs Big Money Move to arsenal. Its very different this time in 2021. And Austin Halewood is in the studio for us t
As a Football Governance Bill that will see an independent regulator oversee professional football in the uk has been introduced to parliament for the first time. The legislation would grant powers to a body free from control of government and football authorities to oversee clubs in englands top five mens tiers and ensure long term Financial Stability of the mens professional game. It would in turn help Football Clubs avoid falling under financial mismanagement, like bury football club. The International Olympic committee have confirmed athletes from russia and belarus will not be a part of the parade during the Opening Ceremony at paris 202a. Qualified athletes from those countries will compete under a neutralflag, following russias invasion of ukraine in 2022. Meanwhile, the ioc have also called the russian organised Friendship Games a cynical attempt to politicise sport, describing the event as a purely politically motivated sports event. The inaugural summer Friendship Games are r
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regulations. after egypt and nigeria were held in their opening games, and ghana suffered a shock defeat to cape verde, there are three more matches on monday at the africa cup of nations: the holders senegal are currently taking on gambia idrissa gueye with an early goal before lamine camara doubled their lead after the break currently 2 0. later cameroon take on guinea, before algeria play angola. with the only goal of the game so far and i came after 18 minutes we have almost 32 minutes on the clock right now in algeria. south korea s bid to win a first asian cup title in more than half a century is off to a positive start. they beat bahrain 3 1 in qatar with the help of two goals from paris st germain forward lee kang?in. it meansjurgen klinsmann side top group e. 1960 was the last time south korea won the asian cup. they playjordan in doha next. klinsmann was full of praise for lee kang in after the game. for us, man of the match and very good performance. but have t
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