has christmas come early for manchester united fans or not? a deal is finally agreed for british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe to buy a stake in the club. no festive joy for chelsea beaten for the eighth time in the premier league this season but it s all smiles for wolves. and rangers win at motherwell to close in on cetlic and the top of the scottish premierhship. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. so much for a quiet sporting christmas eve. it s been announced in the last few hours that british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe has agreed to buy a 25% worth a little over £1.25 billion in manchester united. the news comes over a year after the club s owners, the glazers, stated they were considering selling. ratcliffe s ineos group will take control of united s football operations and provide over £230 million in future investement into old trafford. our sports editor dan roan reports. when sirjim ratcliffe toured old trafford earlier this year, the british billion
the 69 year old will now serve another five years in office, potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. live now to anna foster in istanbul: anna, in terms of unifying the country, does the president even want to? ~ ~ . v country, does the president even want to? ~ ~ ., , ., , want to? well i think that s a very aood want to? well i think that s a very good question. want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew- want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew and - want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew and i - good question, matthew and i think that s one that s quite difficult to answer at the moment. because when he made a speech yesterday evening you saw some of the pictures of the celebration on the street here in turkey last night. he talked about bein
has christmas come early for manchester united fans? a deal is finally agreed for british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe to buy a stake in the club. no festive joy for chelsea, beaten for the eighth time in the premier league this season, but it s all smiles for wolves. and rangers win at motherwell to close in on cetlic at the top of the scottish premierhship. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. so much for a quiet sporting christmas eve. it s been announced in the last few hours that british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe has agreed to buy a 25% stake worth a little over £1.25 billion in manchester united. the news comes over a year after the club s owners, the glazers, stated they were considering selling. ratcliffe s ineos group will take control of united s football operations and provide over £230 million in future investement into old trafford. our sports editor dan roan reports. when sirjim ratcliffe toured old trafford earlier this year, the british billionaire
now on bbc news. it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday . chetan pathak luton town captain tom lockyer suffers a cardiac arrest on the pitch at bournmouth the match abandoned his condition is now stable a 2 0 lead thrown away by manchester city as crystal palace fightback for a share of the points and england s one off women s test match in india ends with a heavy defeat also coming up on sportsday. the three time winners saracens are off the mark in the champions cup. and we ll look ahead to tonight s ufc as leon edwards and colby covington face off in vegas welcome along, thank you forjoining us. tonight we start at bournmouth, where luton town captain tom lockyer collapsed midway through the second half of their premier league game after suffering a cardiac arrest. both sets of players were taken off the pitch whilst lockyer received medical treatment, the game later abandoned with the score 1 1. lockyear is now in a stable condition in hospital. loc
hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night i m chetan pathak, coming up on tonight s programme: luton town captain tom lockyer suffers a cardiac arrest on the pitch at bournmouth the match abandoned his condition is now stable a 2 0 lead thrown away by manchester city as crystal palace fightback for a share of the points and england s one off women s test match in india ends with a heavy defeat also coming up on sportsday. the three time winners, saracens are off the mark mark in the champions cup. and we ll look ahead to tonight s ufc as leon edwards and colby covington face off. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. tonight we start at bournmouth, where luton town captain tom lockyer collapsed midway through the second half of their premier league game after suffering a cardiac arrest. both sets of players were taken off the pitch whilst lockyer received medical treatment, the game later abandoned with the score one all. lockyer is now in a stable condition