its worst season in 29 years one where they lurched through three different managers. thomas tuchel left in september, and graham potter came in and signed a five year deal he lasted six months. frank lampard then took temporary charge, but in nine league games, he won just one. chelsea finished 12th. all this for a club who got a new owner last year. todd boehly has now spent half a billion on players and wants a coach to bring results. what will the minimum expectation be for him in this first season at chelsea? the owners have not paid 2.5 billion and promised 2 billion more to finish fourth. they want the title. i think with his style and the way that can have that man management, it s a perfect fit for the club. since he left tottenham, pochettino has managed at paris saint germain, where he led their superstars to three trophies. at his new club, he has preseason to prepare, and to make sure chelsea s next year is not like the last one. joe lynskey, bbc news. let s
homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. we see that the more the states do this, the more the lgbt+ is impacted. so this bill, as it is signed now into law by president mr veni is having real consequences on the lgbt+ individuals in uganda but also across the region. i also spoke to activist jay mulucha to find out what reaction has been on the ground in the capital, kampala. he told me what the reaction has been. in uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so scary. everyone was tensed up, the situation was not good. we are so scared, that s what i can tell you, because we didn t expect the bill to be signed as soon as today. though we knew that one day he will sign the bill, the president will sign the bill, we did not expect it to come in as soon as today. you can never prepare for bad news. the international community is a
earlier today we had the draw for the champions league last 16. at this stage, teams from the same country or who came through the same group are kept apart. the holders manchester city look to have been given an easy path to the quarters. they will face the lowest ranked team left in the competition the danish side fc copenhagen. these are the other ties as they were drawn at uefa headquarters in nyon, switzerland. premier league leaders arsenal face porto while italian champions napoli face barcelona. german giants bayern munich also face italian opposition in lazio. the current serie a leaders inter milan play atletico madrid while there is a daunting task for rb leipzig against the iii time champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. here is the reaction of manchester city director of football txiki begiristain to facing copenhagen. of course, we remember the two games we played against them and it went well not in copenhagen
that sort of thing? that sort of thing? there is no reason to that sort of thing? there is no reason to increase that sort of thing? there is no reason to increase ticket - that sort of thing? there is no i reason to increase ticket prices. again, compared to bournemouth, who i think are a good benchmark, they only generate 3% of the total revenue in the premier league from match day ticket sales, so you might as well keep the ticket prices the same, you know, that is a reward to the fans, given that you are getting £100 million worth of tv money, trying to get more money from the fans when you are only generating a couple of million from ticket sales, i do not think it is necessary. and also, in the premier league,, you have got five fewer games at kenilworth road, because the premier league is a smaller competition than they will have been playing in championship and the other divisions from which they have progressed in the past few years. the past few years. thank
its worst season in 29 years one where they lurched through three different managers. thomas tuchel left in september, and graham potter came in and signed a five year deal he lasted six months. frank lampard then took temporary charge, but in nine league games, he won just one. chelsea finished 12th. all this for a club who got a new owner last year. todd boehly has now spent half a billion on players and wants a coach to bring results. what will the minimum expectation be for him in this first season at chelsea? the owners have not paid 2.5 billion and promised more to finish fourth. they want the title. i think with his style and the way that can have that man management, it s a perfect fit for the club. since he left tottenham, pochettino has managed at paris saint germain, where he lead their superstars to three trophies. at his new club, he has preseason to prepare, and to make sure chelsea s next year is not like the last one. joe lynskey, bbc news. let s stay with