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Tim Davie
personGary Lineker was temporarily removed from his role over a tweet. Match of the Day has been suspended until further notice. BBC says it is working hard to resolve the situation.
Carlos Alcaraz
personManchester United drew 0-0 with Southampton at Old Trafford. Third-place United moved two points clear of fourth-place Tottenham. Southampton stayed in last place, with the bottom nine in the league separated by just five points.
Martin Odegaard
personArsenal beat Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage on Sunday. Goals from Gabriel Magalhaes, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard secured three valuable points. Gunners re-established their five point lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.
Mike Pence
personPence was in the Capitol when thousands of Trump supporters breached the building in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election. Trump pressured Pence to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory.
Casemiro
personManchester United midfielder Casemiro was sent off against Southampton. The Brazilian was initially booked for a tackle on Charly Alcarez. The yellow card was upgraded to red after a VAR review. Erik ten Hag believes the incident could have been avoided.
Fulham
organizationArsenal beat Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage on Sunday afternoon. Gabriel Magalhaes, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard scored the goals. Willian ruled out of Fulham’s Premier League clash with Arsenal.
Virat Kohli
personIndia reach 472-5 at tea on the penultimate day of the fourth and final test. Virat Kohli scored 186 to push India past Australia's first-innings total of 480. India made 571-all out and took a lead of 91 runs.
SVB
organizationU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the government won't bail out Silicon Valley Bank. The bank's demise plunges the tech and startup world into the most systemic crisis since the dot-com bubble.
Saudi Aramco
organizationHigh oil prices and a production pact with Russia helped push Aramco's earnings up. Firm plans to spend as much as $55 billion this year on capital projects. Firm earned $49 billion in 2020 when the world faced the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Silicon Valley Bank
organizationCalifornia-based commercial lending giant Silicon Valley Bank had its charter revoked and was transferred into receivership on March 10. Customers withdrew $42 billion, leaving the bank with a negative cash balance of $958 million. The bank reportedly provided financial services to about half of all US-based venture capital-backed startups.
Janet Yellen
personYellen balked at the government rescuing the nation's 16th-largest bank. The bank is the second biggest bank failure in U.S. history. The collapse has roiled Wall Street ahead of Monday's opening of the stock market.
Southampton
organizationManchester United drew 0-0 with Southampton at Old Trafford on Sunday. Third-place United moved two points clear of fourth-place Tottenham. Midfielder Casemiro was sent off in the 34th minute for a studs-up challenge on Carlos Alcaraz.
Treasury
organizationTreasury estimates the change will cost the taxpayer £200 million. Chancellor is expected to cancel a planned £500 hike in average energy bills.
India
organizationVirat Kohli scored 186 as India reached 571 in their second innings. Australia were bowled out for 480 in their first innings. Travis Head and Matt Kuhnemann survived last 15 minutes for the addition of three runs.
Gary Lineker
personBBC forced Gary Lineker to "step back" from Match of the Day. Alan Shearer and Ian Wright then pulled out of tonight’s MOTD broadcast. It will instead go out with no host or post-match analysis. Football Focus also cancelled.
Alan Shearer
personMatch of the Day set to be shown without punditry or presenters. Ian Wright and Alan Shearer announced they would not be appearing on the iconic highlights show. Micah Richards, Jermaine Jenas and Alex Scott also ruled themselves out. Neither Football Focus or Final Score went ahead on BBC One.
Alex Scott
personPresenter joins wealth of talent standing in solidarity with Lineker. Scott said ‘it doesn’t feel right for me to go ahead with the show today’
Mark Chapman
personIan Wright, Mark Chapman, Alan Shearer, Jermaine Jenas and Alex Scott have all stood down from the BBC show. Football Focus on Saturday lunchtime was scrapped from the schedule. Colin Murray has also apparently joined the walkout by refusing to host Fighting Talk.
BBC Sport
organizationMatch of the Day cut from 80 minutes to just 20 and several other football shows axed as other stars walked out in support. Ian Wright and Alan Shearer said they would boycott the show in ‘solidarity’ Former director-general Greg Dyke said BBC was'mistaken' in standing Lineker down.
BBC
organizationMark Chapman will NOT host Radio 5Live's Saturday afternoon sport coverage. Alan Shearer and Ian Wright became the first to start the boycott. No pundits or match commentary featured on the football highlights episode. Football Focus also cancelled.