despite reports today that his bid had been rejected out of hand. ratcliffe, who is the majority shareholder of the chemical group ineos, made a late offer of £a.25 billion for the premier league club on friday. a consortium led by la dodgers owner todd boehly is understood to be the preferred bidderfor chelsea. our sports editor dan roan spoke to ratcliffe today. there s been no communication. so, it s a shame, i think. i would ve expected at least the courtesy of a call. but we didn t get that. do you think that might mean that you are still alive in this bid, then, there s still hope? if you haven t been told you are 100% out? i don t know the correct answer the question. at the end of the day, whoever buys chelsea has to get the approval of the government. and i suppose at this moment they don t know whether their consortium will get the approval of the government. if i were them, i wouldn t close all the doors. watford manager roy hodgson has said he will be leaving the club at t
ireland. pleasantly warm, sunny spells amongst quite a lot of cloud in england and wales, with a very slight chance of a shower, and a warmer day, with temperatures up to 22 in the warmer spots in south east england. overnight and into friday, rain gathering for scotland and northern ireland as it becomes more widespread and heavier for a time with a stronger breeze. whereas it stays dry on a milder night in wales and england. and then into friday, well, the rain s going to move its way south out of scotland and northern ireland, with sunny spells and a few showers following into northern england, wales at first and then parts of the midlands and south west england getting on into friday evening. east anglia and the south east staying dry until friday night. still some warm, sunny spells before it clouds over.
the women s super league title race will go to the final day of the season after second placed arsenal beat tottenham 3 0. the gunners went ahead afterjust four minutes when beth mead danced through the spurs defence. caitlin foord then scored twice effectively end the game. the win leaves arsenal a point behind leaders chelsea. elsewhere, birmingham have been relegated after being thumped 6 0 by manchester city. the last round of matches on sunday. elsewhere, one of the founding members of the wsl, birmingham city are relegated. manchester city thumped them 6 0 at the academy stadium. the game was goalless at half time. georgia stanway with two of their goals. birmingham finish bottom, but for city, that win lifts them back up to third and into the champions league places. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe says he is not giving up on taking over chelsea despite reports today that his bid had been rejected out of hand. ratcliffe, who is the majority shareholder of the chemical gro
they re taking on birmingham, at the academy stadium birmingham, who are bottom of the table and need to win to take the relegation battle to final day. a draw orwin a draw or win for city, and they are backin a draw or win for city, and they are back in the champions league positions. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe says he is not giving up on taking over chelsea, despite reports today that his bid had been rejected out of hand. ratcliffe, who is the majority shareholder of the chemical group ineos, made a late offer of £a.25 billion for the premier league club on friday. a consortium led by la dodgers owner todd boehly is understood to be the preferred bidderfor chelsea. the bbc s sports editor dan roan spoke to ratcliffe today. there s been no communication. so it s a shame, i think, i would ve expected at least the courtesy of a call. to expected at least the courtesy of a call. ., ~ ., expected at least the courtesy of a call. ., ,, ., ., ., call. to think that might mean
amongst quite a lot of cloud in england and wales, with a very slight chance of a shower, and a warmer day, with temperatures up to 22 in the warmer spots in south east england. overnight and into friday, rain gathering for scotland and northern ireland as it becomes more widespread and heavier for a time with a stronger breeze. whereas it stays dry on a milder night in wales and england. and then into friday, well, the rain s going to move its way south out of scotland and northern ireland, with sunny spells and a few showers following into northern england, wales at first and then parts of the midlands and south west england getting on into friday evening. east anglia and the south east staying dry until friday night. still some warm, sunny spells before it clouds over.