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Former British Airways chairman Sir Martin Broughton has no intention of joining the race to become the next Manchester United owner, but says Sir Jim Ratcliffe is in danger of being blown out of the water by a bumper takeover bid from Qatari investors.

Tesco has announced that it plans to expand its speedy Woosh service to 800 extra stores across the country by the end of this month.

Harry Styles are among the stars nominated for this year’s British LGBT Awards.The upcoming ceremony will honour leading LGBTQ+ activists, allies and celebrities who have worked to advance the rights of LGBTQ+ people during the past 12 months.Lycett made headlines ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal, when he threatened to destroy £10,000 of his own money is David Beckham didn’t pull out of £10m deal with the host nation.The comedian eventually revealed his threat to be an awareness-raising stunt, and instead donated his money to LGBTQ+ charities.Fellow nominee Rod Stewart also spoke out against Qatar, telling The Sunday Times it “would have been good” to play his song ‘The Killing of Georgie’, about the murder of a gay man in the 1970s, at the opening ceremony as a protest.“I was actually offered a lot of money, over $1million (£832,432), to play there 15 months ago,” he added. “I turned it down.

These are your Manchester United evening headlines on Tuesday, February 14.

Manchester United's takeover saga took another twist on Monday with reports that US billionaire Elon Musk has joined the race to buy the club.

Here are your latest Manchester United evening headlines on Monday, February 13.

Naman Ramachandran MetFilm Distribution has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to Vinay Shukla’s documentary “While We Watched.” Produced by the U.K.’s Lono Studio and BritDoc Films, the documentary is a newsroom drama intimately chronicling the working days of Indian broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiralling world of truth and disinformation. Kumar, a Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, was a senior journalist at Indian news platform NDTV, who resigned after billionaire Gautam Adani took over the company. “While We Watched” debuted at Toronto in 2022 where it won the Amplify Voices award, followed by Busan, where it won the Cinephile award. Most recently, the film won the international competition at Helsinki’s DocPoint Festival.

Joe Lycett To Helm Channel 4 Live Show

New Celtic right-back Alistair Johnston has named Jota and Reo Hatate as the Hoops' two most technical players - and he made sure to talk up his Portuguese teammate's stylish hair.

Fox Corp. matched Wall Street expectations for its fiscal second quarter, powered by NFL football in the U.S. and football at the World Cup.

Banijay and North Road Entertainment are keen on to Love Island producer ITV Studios, according to Reuters.

The Qatar Investment Authority has joined Providence Equity Partners and Apollo as a major investor in The North Road Company, the global, multi-genre studio launched last year by Peter Chernin.

Oh Hyeon-gyu was dubbed South Korea's "most important player" by captain Son Heung-min - after selflessly giving up his place in Qatar to the Tottenham superstar. But he's denied claims his international skipper paid him £105,000 out of his own pocket as compensation.

At times it’s been bumpier than the Hampden pitch. It’s been more stressful than a trip to a theme park when there are rumours the rollercoaster has a screw loose.

Netflix might not be in the live sports business but the streamer is certainly planning a lot of athletic content.

Cameron Carter-Vickers smiled and confessed that his brief Ibrox show of emotion might make him cringe. But it only came about because the defender had produced yet another huge moment for Celtic.

The transfer speculation surrounding Ardon Jashari is intensifying after the Luzern captain changed his agent.

A Scots boxer who was 'the picture of health' has died suddenly in Spain. Brian Ferguson passed away from a suspected heart attack on Tuesday, January 4, in his apartment in the coastal town of Manilva, near Málaga.

The Black Eyed Peas showed their solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community during their appearance on Poland’s TVP New Year’s Eve gig, the same show Mel C dropped out of last week.

It’s been a funny year, one that started with Omicron stealing headlines (doesn’t that feel a while ago) and ended with strike action and snow causing disruption to the masses and a strange Qatar World Cup concluding with a cracking final, while Britain gets used to its third Prime Minister in the space of 12 months. In between, viewers were enchanted by dancers, singers, bomb disposal experts and a former Health Secretary eating camel penis. Here, Deadline unveils the most-watched UK TV shows of the year (excluding sport) according to 7-day-post-launch Barb data from overnights.tv, while rounding up the most-watched World Cup games at the bottom. Read on.

Ange Postecoglou is adamant he will take no big-game Celtic gambles over returning World Cup hero Josip Juranovic.

ITV Content Boss Kevin Lygo has become the first senior ITV exec to respond to Jeremy Clarkson’s controversial Meghan Markle column, branding the article “awful” but stating he will keep his job as host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.

Superstar Lionel Messi freed his Argentina team-mates of burden en route to World Cup immortality – according to close friend Pablo Zabaleta.

French football supporters may be a little down in the dumps today, but France’s leading broadcaster TF1 certainly has something to celebrate. The World Cup final that saw Argentina defeat Les Bleus on Sunday afternoon has set a new all-time record for viewership in France with an average of 24.1 million watching from the 4pm local hour. 

Yesterday’s thrilling World Cup final was watched by a peak of almost 20M viewers across the BBC and ITV as the game drew to an incredible close.

Celebrating with the ones who matter most. When Lionel Messi won the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Sunday, December 18, he was thrilled to commemorate the historic win with his family.

Lionel Messi’s Argentina beat France to clinch the World Cup title in a lively game at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar Sunday evening.

A recruitment firm has stopped hiring workers for jobs in Qatar after a Scot was injured and a colleague killed on a rig in the Middle Eastern country.

Robbie Neilson insists Kye Rowles wants to stay at Hearts - and will be an even better player for his World Cup experience. Interest is expected in the Australia defender after his performances helped the Socceroos reach the last 16 in Qatar.

A serial Scots rapist who attacked multiple women throughout Aberdeen over a 15-year period has been jailed. Stephen Kidd, from Peterculter, showed "no remorse" for his crimes, and was convicted by a jury at the High Court in Edinburgh today.

A man who was allegedly bludgeoned to death on an oil rig off the coast of Qatar has been named. Robert Robson, of Tyne and Wear, has been described as "one of a kind" by his heartbroken family.

Celtic wing-back Josip Juranovic will not play any further part in the World Cup by being ruled out of the third-place playoff against Morocco - after it emerged that he played 70 minutes injured against Argentina.

As mum to a toddler and three older stepkids, life’s never quiet for Kate Ferdinand. But with football pundit husband Rio having been in Qatar covering the World Cup, the former TOWIE star has understandably been finding solo parenting tough.The couple are parents to Cree, who is almost two, plus Rio’s kids with his late wife Rebecca Ellison – Lorenz, 16, Tate, 14, and 11-year-old Tia. “Kate really has taken one for the team with Rio being away in the run-up to Christmas,” an insider tells heat.“It’s been so full-on, what with four kids and recording her podcast, other work bits and getting everything ready for the holidays.

The semi-final World Cup match between France and Morocco on Wednesday night was watched by an average 20.7 million viewers on TF1 from 8pm French time. This is the network’s biggest audience since 2016, and is also the best for any program on any French channel in those six years.

Footballing superstar David Beckham is to break his silence on his decision to be an ambassador for Qatar worth a reported £150M ($184M) tonight.

The soccer community continues to mourn the tragic death of journalist Grant Wahl.