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4m cup. for a game of that magnitude to be so good, everybody could see something that we are all very happy about. it was quite incredible. there are four matches in london this season, which is something quite special. those briefs are taking place at wembley, and then at twickenham it's... taking place at wembley, and then at twickenham it's. .. how taking place at wembley, and then at twickenham it's... how important is it for those london games to be successful? huge. obviously, the nfl is trying to expand and it has invested a whole bunch into the english market. it is now four game, the english fans are demanding more games, so the english fans are demanding more games, so these things, if they succeed, it will lead to others. how big can this brand grow worldwide? it has nothing but growth potential. so many people have not been introduced to the game, they get a chance to see it and fall in love with it. jason, i'm going to ask you
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the next question, you play for texas, you will have seen the terrible harry kane, it seems the franchise is doing what it can? absolutely. the football community isa absolutely. the football community is a community. when something tragic like that happens, you do what you can do. i] watt, the player, has done tremendous things raising big—time money to help. player, has done tremendous things raising big-time money to help. now, we've spoken about the patriots — if they are going not not going to win it common who will die we always knew what giants! —— always the new york giant! solid on offence, so they should be able to do it. jason? i will shake it up a little bit, i'll go with the pittsburgh steelers. year in, year out, they have a chance and so if they stay
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healthy, they could be competitive. we will see! thank you so much for joining us, gentleman. you can see more from jason bell and osi umeniyora on saturday at a quarter past midnight on the the nfl show. tomorrow, sir philip craven steps down as president of the international paralympic committee after 16 years. during his time in charge, the ipc has grown into one of the biggest governing bodies in world sport — with the paralympics attracting millions of spectators and billions of worldwide tv viewers. the new figure in charge will also be decided upon in abu dhabi tomorrow. our reporterjj chalmers takes a look at the four potential successors to sir philip. this stadium has played a big part in the recent history of the paralympic movement. in london 2012, and this summer as well and all of this under the leadership of the former wheelchair basketball player sir philip craven. but he is
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stepping down and the race to replace him is on. there are four candidates. i have seen in my country, in my region, in the whole world, the change in perception and the change of the reality of athletes' performances. the change of the reality of athletes' performanceslj the change of the reality of athletes' performances. i have shared that i can overcome different barriers. i can handle discrimination and i know how it is to bea discrimination and i know how it is to be a person with disability.|j have a firm belief that more is possible. i see that not is about more athletes, more competitions and more athletes, more competitions and more games, it's about redefining ourselves as the best possible organisation. i always believe that people can change the world. i also believe that courage can inspire change and hard work can transform
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life. so, we have to professionalise the process, and by that i mean, professionalise the relationship between the ipc and the international federations. it's another kind of doping in paralympic sport. people are looking at the sport. people are looking at the sport can see that some classes, it's not fair. one thing around classification is real clarity on how it is done, who was engaged in it civil how we go forward. how it is done, who was engaged in it civil how we go forwardlj how it is done, who was engaged in it civil how we go forward. i would reveal the classification system with the paralympic movement, with the athletes and with the experts. the whole of the paralympic family, we we nt the whole of the paralympic family, we want the russian olympic committee back, but, of course, as a clea n committee back, but, of course, as a clean organisation, we need to work together with the authorities to bring them in so that we are confident that they deliver clean
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sport. we would like to have the russians back as full members within oui’ russians back as full members within our movement. what we need is full assurance that they have the capacity to comply with the code. i look forward to their return to our family. the vote takes place on the 18th of september in abu dhabi. finally, liverpool manager jurgen klopp has shown his support for a young everton fan who is suffering from a muscle—wasting disease. 10—year—old noah cunningham's family are trying to raise funds to buy him a new wheelchair — and he received a special message of support from the reds manager who bumped into noah's aunty at a petrol station. hi, noah, we are here in formby at the petrol station and your auntie told me that in this moment you are not in the best shape. that will
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change soon i'm sure. i've heard you are evertonian, is that white? you're a huge evertonian! so hopefully you will enjoy this little video anyway. so all the best and see you soon. hope we win! of course not! bye, all the best! that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. we will get onto the uk forecast in moment, but first of all, the state of play with the hurricanes. of
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course, hurricane irma, and there is also hurricane jose course, hurricane irma, and there is also hurricanejose which could become a major hurricane as well. our picture shows low pressure in control, driving this weather front south overnight. behind it there are showers. they will be most frequent towards western scotland and northern ireland. not too many showers. eastern scotland mightjust get down into single figures, the rest of us won't. tomorrow morning there will be a fair few showers from the word go in western scotland. some sunny spells, though, in the east. a fair few showers blowing into north—west england, but over east of the pennines, relatively few. which should be drier across parts of wales, the
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midlands and east anglia. then we getan area midlands and east anglia. then we get an area of cloud hanging around southern england during the day, where it's quite windy as well. on and off, it looks like a wet picture along the south coast to. for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, it's just northern england, scotland and northern ireland, it'sjust sunshine and showers. they could be heavy and thundery in places. it is a windy day across the uk. it is decidedly autumnal. this is where the strongest winds will be on saturday, to the west and south of the uk. more sunshine and showers on saturday. during sunday, from the word go we will see this affecting scotla nd word go we will see this affecting scotland and northern ireland and pushing its way south—eastwards during the day. to sum up the weekend, wet at times, not all the
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time. it will be cool and windy, particularly across the south—west of england sunday night into monday. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at seven. hurricane irma causes widespread destruction across the caribbean. some islands are said to be destroyed. at least nine people are reported dead so far. britain is sending a military taskforce to help with humanitarian relief. my whole house caved in. there was seven of us. all we had to do was pray and call for help. the firemen came to our rescue as soon as they could have come. i have to thank god for life. this is the moment irma struck st martin, cutting communications, and destroying the airport. the small island of barbuda is said to be ‘barely habitable.‘ as these images from the space station show, irma is one of the biggest hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic, roughly
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