Sir Alex Ferguson ends BBC boycott
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will speak to the BBC for the first time in seven years this weekend after agreeing to end his boycott of the broadcaster.
Ferguson began the self-imposed ban in 2004 following the broadcast of a BBC documentary which made allegations about his son Jason.
Since then he has not given interviews to the corporation or its flagship football shows Match of the Day and Football Focus.
A joint statement said: "Sir Alex and the BBC have put behind them the difficulties which led to Sir Alex feeling unable to appear on BBC programmes.
"The issues have been resolved to the satisfaction of both parties.
"Sir Alex will now make himself available to the BBC for Match of the Day, Radio 5 live and other outlets as agreed."
The feud was resolved after a meeting between Ferguson, the BBC's director general, Mark Thompson, and BBC North director Peter Salmon.