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Gary Lineker left on the BBC bench for the Women’s World Cup
The BBC launched their big summer of women's sport, which are calling 'Change the Game', in impressive style this week.
It will certainly be all change on the football front, given most of Match of the Day's big guns will not be working at the Women's World Cup next month.
The Beeb are broadcasting all 52 games in France with England's opener against Scotland live on BBC One.
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Co. will be sitting out next month's Women's World Cup
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The predominantly female BBC team for the Women's World Cup will be led by Gabby Logan
But BBC sources have suggested Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Co felt that they woul d not bring the necessary expertise, while the Corporation say they did not want to lose credibility.
Commentator Jonathan Pearce, Dion Dublin and Glasgow City head coach Scott Booth are the male representatives in the predominantly female BBC team led by Gabby Logan – proving building a knowledge of men's and women's football is not impossible.
Jonathan Agnew, the BBC's thin-skinned cricket correspondent, took great offense to a column by the Independent's Jonathan Liew and threatened to resign his membership of the Cricket Writers' Club in protest.
After calling See all manner of names on Twitter at various late hours of the day, Agnew's complaint was discussed at the Club's AGM at Lord's on Monday – just as Liew walked in. Agnew did not resign in the end, saying "wise counsel and friendship" had prevailed.
It's been a busy few days for the Test Match Special stable black, who had to dash off England's run of chase against Ireland in Dublin on Friday to get to Devon for his theater show at Paignton on Saturday night.
Jonathan Agnew (R) has decided not to resign his membership of the Cricket Writers' Club
United don't value new figures
There was plenty of entertainment among some of the top brass at Manchester United when they read the widely published results of a study that claimed they had been oversaw by Manchester City as the Premier League's most valuable club.
The research, by a group at the University of Liverpool, valued City at £ 2,364billion and United at £ 2,087bn – figures they say were due to higher wages and lower profit on the red side of the city. An industry insider told Sports Agenda: "The Forbes list values ​​United at $ 4.1bn and City at $ 2.5bn – but what would they know about finance?"
A loophole in the ECB's new £ 1.1billion TV deal could allow County Championship matches to be streamed around the world on Facebook or YouTube from next summer.
The advent of the Hundred competition will see cricket return to terrestrial TV on the BBC from 2020, but Sky have retained the rights to show live County Championship clashes, as well as clips and highlights of the action.
County Championship matches could be streamed on Facebook or YouTube from next year
Yet the success of live streams from two fixed cameras on county websites has prompted some to explore expanding their coverage when the new TV deal kicks in.
Experts believe it would cost as little as £ 10,000 to install a further four cameras and stream around the globe.
One member of the racing press pack will be particularly interested in Monday's final at the World Snooker Championship. Nineteen years ago he took his 12-year-old son into a Bristol snooker club.
A small boy approached, challenged his son to a game with a 30-point start and while standing on a box so he could reach the table, proceeded to pot balls from all angles.
It was enough for the journalist to seek out a bet: 1,000-1 from Coral that the little boy would be the world champion within the next 20 years. On Monday, Judd Trump has another, maybe final, chance to land our talent spotter his jackpot.
Judd Trump will make one punter happy if he beats World Championships
There will be no swish glass-fronted studios in France when England's Women's World Cup matches are broadcast.
The BBC have gone in FIFA 'hybrid' outdoor positions within the stadiums – one step up from pitch-side locations – for the group stage games against Scotland and Japan, in Nice, and Argentina, in Le Havre .
It is certainly an improvement from the coverage of the 2015 World Cup in Canada, which was fronted from a London studio.
BT Sport are making a documentary this year to mark the 40th anniversary of Crystal Palace's so-called 'Team of the Eighties'.
BT are garnishing as many interviews as they can with the clubs 'golden generation', and hope the documentary – due to be screened in the autumn – will be big a hit as their critically-acclaimed reflections on Wimbledon's 'Crazy Gang'.
Steve Cram shut down a question from his BBC colleague Ade Adedoyin to Lord Coe about the Caster Semenya case at a Diamond League press conference in Doha this week.
This after declaring the pre-London Marathon splash between Sir Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie simply a 'distraction' and 'a great story for the media'. Somebody might like to remind Cram that works in the media.
Steve Cram shut down a question to Lord Coe about the Caster Semenya case this week
The FA will not give the winners of this year's FA Cup a case of champagne in order to respect players' religious beliefs, as revealed by the Daily Mail. But the Premier League have not used alcoholic fizz in post-match celebrations for three years. Clubs can, however, bring their own booze if they wish.
Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard's clothing brand, JLINGZ, is looking for a new commercial chief. Andy Ross, formerly Nike's head of senior players, is the front runner for the role.
Contributors: Marcus Townend, Matt Lawton, Mike Keegan, Ian Herbert, Sami Mokbel and Joe Bernstein
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