i don t know the tv but you achieve a quarterfinal, no play at 11. gauff will take on top seed and defending champion iga swiatek in a rematch of the 2022 final. swiatek was once again in scintillating form against wimbledon champion marketa vondrusova, handing out a third consecutive bagel in the first set before comfortably taking the second set 6 2 to book her place in yet another roland garros semifinal. it s been revealed that manchester city are planning to launch legal action against the premier league over the organisations commercial rules. bbc sport understands an arbitration hearing regarding the legality of the league s transaction rules has been set for next week. those rules determine whether sponsorship deals are financially fair . the times newspaper is reporting that it has seen a legal document in which city claim they are victims of discrimination , and that the amended rules were approved by rivals to stifle their
anti competitive, discriminatory against middle eastern owners, that they are seeking damages from the league and they are the victim of what they described as a tyranny of majority. the clubs backing the premier league would argue that these rules are required to maintain competitive balance and to prevent rich clubs from over inflating certain sponsorship deals. what s really key is whether or not this arbitration which is due to start next week has any bearing on the much more serious and bigger legal dispute that is running on between city and the league, this relates to an unprecedented catalogue of more than a hundred charges that city were hit with last year of alleged financial group that city were hit with last year of alleged financial rule breaches for the city denied wrongdoing. a hearing is to take place. but what certain is this is the latest example of this disunity in the league that appears ever more fractured. there was another round of qualification matches for next
of the league s transaction rules has been set for next week. those rules determine whether sponsorship deals are financially fair . the times newspaper is reporting that it has seen a legal document in which city claim they are victims of discrimination , and that the amended rules were approved by rivals to stifle their success on the pitch. last month, city became the first club in english football history to win the league title in four consecutive seasons. neither the premier league nor manchester city have responded to requests for a comment on the case. here s our sports editor dan roan. we ve known for some time that the premier league faced the threat of legal action from one of its member clubs over the rules that govern so called associated party transactions or the deals that some clubs signed with companies linked to their owners. now we know it s been elevated, a threat to reality and its manchester city no less, the dominant force in the english game who are taking t
from over inflating certain sponsorship deals. what s really key is whether or not this arbitration which is due to start next week has any bearing on the much more serious and bigger legal dispute that is running on between city and the league, this relates to an unprecedented catalogue of more than a hundred charges that city were hit with last year over alleged financial rule breaches for the city denied wrongdoing. a hearing is to take place. but what certain is this is the latest example of this disunity in the league that appears ever more fractured. there was another round of qualification matches for next years women s euros on tuesday, with defending champions england beating france in saint etienne. england boosted their chances of qualification in league a, winning 2 1 after goals from georgia stanway and alessia russo. the world champions spain were also in action, beating denmark, 3 2. in league b, scotland beat israel 5 0, northern ireland lost 2 1 to portugal and wales
with a hearing due this autumn, khaldoon s annual interview, given only to club media, is timely, as it s been released just a day after news emerged about the club s legal challenge against the premier league s commercial regulations, but we understand was recorded before, as our chief football news reporter simon stone explained. the interesting thing is that manchester city have an issue in terms of the way that sponsorship deals, commercial deals are assessed by the premier league. they don t think that the premier league should be getting involved in situations like this. and as you say, the interview was done before the information about the the legal challenge came to light. however, khaldoon does in a way reference the regulation around football by basically referring to the player welfare issue that will see his team playing matches from august untiljuly 2025 because they re in