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it's one of the oldest styles of hip—hop dance. but it's still making waves. big respect for each of them. breaking was introduced in last year's youth olympic games in buenos aires. seeing competitors take part in head—to—head battles. a russian breaker known as bumblebee when the first gold medal for the boys. whilst a japanese won the girls‘ title. breaking has received a growing interest among young people across the globe in recent years. but what do breakers make of the news that it could now become an olympic sport? editor! locksmith! b—girl, if you're a hip—hop head or breaker or b—girl,
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do you know what i mean? what do you mean? b—boy, b—girl, like obviously girls can break dance. so it's breaking boy or breaking girl, is that what it is? it's not breaking body parts, it's breaking as an dancing. yeah, yeah. breaking is the pillar of our culture, it's more than a dance, it's how you carry yourself and dedication and love. what do you think about this becoming an olympic sport, do you have concerns? if they're judged by olympic regulations, will it lose aspects and flavour? i don't know if it makes it in the olympics, do you know what i mean? if you could have been an olympian through breaking, what would it mean to you? i would have gone for it 100%. if you knew you could break in the olympics? doing something you
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enjoy, first and foremost, fun, as a living, it would be great. enjoy, first and foremost, fun, as a living, it would be greatlj enjoy, first and foremost, fun, as a living, it would be great. i am watching what you are doing, who is going to teach me? watch out, here we go! five, six... i will not be competing in the olympics, obviously! ashley john—ba ptiste reporting there. that's it, now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft. your headlines tonight chelsea ease through to the last 16 of the europa league
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with a win over malmo. io—man celtic‘s progress in the competition comes to an end after another defeat by valencia. and breaking news — quite literally — as break dancing is named as one of the new sports under consideration for the 2024 olympics three british sides were in action in the europa league this evening, trying to make it through to the last 16 of the competition. arsenal and chelsea both lifted the mood of their fans with 3—nil wins against bate borisov and malmo respectively, to see themselves through, austin halewood has more. the europa league may not be the
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premier competition but for chelsea it could be their salvation. with questions about his future, a win was the only acceptable outcome. going to townjust was the only acceptable outcome. going to town just to make up the numbers, just off target. the first half leaving him with even more to ponder, his frustration clear to see. the manager has been criticised for playing him out of position, but it means he can win the ball higher up it means he can win the ball higher up the pitch, and calls like this, as quick as that, chelsea were ahead and out of sight. so much so that they even stopped trying. but the pinpoint free kick. he then added the gloss and made a three and momentary reprieve, but with the lead cupjust momentary reprieve, but with the lead cup just three days away, it won't be for long. across london,
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arsenal had to win already a goal ahead, he came ready for a night in defending, it did not go well. a goal in sight for minutes. ten past ten last season and then they are in the mood at the emirates. heading arsenal ahead with their second relief. and when something works, why not try to get an? corner header, the same celebration. the man to make it three, job done. celtic went out at the last 32 stage for the second year in a row. a first half red card didn't help as they lost i—nil to valencia and 3—nil on aggregate. nick parrott has more. around 10,000 celtic fans travelled, and the stadium to witness history. celtic had never gotten past the two—goal deficit or while in spain,
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they went and did just that. for half an hour they had more possession and chance on goal, but couldn't find the composure to upset the time. the turning point should have been a goal, instead it was a sending off. a second yellow card and any hope of reaching the last 16 evaporated. it was now more question of when valencia would score, than if. scott did his best to keep them out, and he put this away, there could've been a dramatic finale. but when substitute kevin struck the times effectively over, with 20 minutes still to go. a manchester city fan has been left fighting for his life in a hospital in germany. it's after he was punched inside the stadium near their end of their champions league tie at schalke last night. our sports correspondent david ornstein gave us this update.
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the news reached us around lunchtime and manchester city issued a statement that they were aware of an alleged assault after the match at the arena and they were working with greater manchester police and their german counterparts to ascertain more information. club staff remain in germany to support the family and it is my understanding that a number member of staff this afternoon was flown over from manchester with the match was played, and soon after there was a statement from greater manchester. please confirm that it was a british man and urging people to come forward with any information. recently we have received a statement from german police and i will read it to you 110w. police and i will read it to you now. shortly before the end of the fixture, there was a violent confrontation of the walkway in front of the away fan stand between two supporters in the skirmish, the 32—year—old englishman received a blow from a fist which knocked him to the floor and falling, he suffered a massive trauma to his skull and brain. after he received
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medical first skull and brain. after he received medicalfirst aid on skull and brain. after he received medical first aid on the spot, emergency vehicle took him for inpatient treatment in a local hospital, he remains an acute danger for his life at the present time. that is the information that we know at the moment, a very concerning incident to emerge from her was a great night for manchester city on the pitch, beating in the first session of the champions league. former world squash number one nick matthew believes the olympics has moved away from its traditional ideals, after the sport was overlooked for inclusion at the paris olympics in 202a. break dancing may make it's first appearance, ‘breaking' as it's now more commonly known — was included in the youth olympics last year with the ioc set to decide on its appearance by the end of next year. maxi zee is excited at the prospect of representing team gb. made me feel really proud because i've put so many years into the
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dance form as well as competing around the world and yet, basically to bea around the world and yet, basically to be a part of the olympics as a whole as our culture and community, iam whole as our culture and community, i am really fired up because it will put the dance form on to more people. wakefield trinity got their first win of the season in super league, beating catalans dragons 22—12. catala ns led heading towards half—time but two tries in three minutes just before the break put wakefield out of sight. they closed out a less eventful second half, to move up to eighth... here's some more of tonight's stories the four—time major champion rory mcilroy has a one shot lead at the wgc event in mexico. he's on eight under par, just ahead of american dustin johnson, with england's tyrell hatton three shots further back. nico hulkenberg topped the time sheets at the end of the first week of formula one preseason testing in barcelona. but he'll be hoping his renault is more reliable when racing
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after he broke down. world champion lewis hamilton narrowly avoided crashing into robert kubica and british rookie lando norris had a tricky time in his mclaren. great britain have beaten cyprus 51—23 in their latest eurobasket qualifier. myles hesson scored 18 points. victory in austria this weekend means they'll top their group to progress to the next phase and the next man to replace trevor bayliss as england cricket's head coach will look after all three versions of the game. head of men's cricket ashley giles said he was 99.9% sure the person to replace bayliss after the ashes would coach in the test, one—day and t20 formats. anthony crolla has the chance to become world champion again when he takes a man widely regarded as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world — ukraine's vasyl lomachenko. they meet in los angeles on april 12th and crolla told my colleague hugh ferris earlier if he was feeling any pre—fight jitters
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you this is my chance to five are the best fighters on the planet, and be remembered by british boxing fans to go down in history. that is motivation alone, but i think this is the importance that i've been training since the new year, i couldn't be ready sooner than april so couldn't be ready sooner than april so he knew that it was a possibility so so he knew that it was a possibility so he knew that it was a possibility so he does have seven weeks notice terrified a good fighter like him. fighting a fighter like him, how would you go about bringing down someone would you go about bringing down someone who's done so spectacularly well recently? he is brilliant and i'm going to pull an upset, like i said before, no man is invincible and everyone has weaknesses, even
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him and success, we are trying to ta ke him and success, we are trying to take a little bit of that from each of them, we are going to try and implement that into our game plan. he is very versatile so in training camp, we have to get the pattern down and as good as he is, he does things wrong that he gets away with because he's a good if that makes sense. it's got be a bit of an edge educated guess. april the 12th, i said to make some of the best shape physically and mentally. you've been a defending champion and favourite, does that change the way you prepare for a fight when you know that you're perhaps not favoured to win? it's just more fuel to the fire. there are a lot of people who, i am a huge underdog, understandably so, but that's just fuel to the fire for me and social media, as good as it is at times, you get the internet
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warriors, the trolls and stuff like that, but that doesn't bother me whatsoever. no, not at all. i look forward to proving those people wrong. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are writer and broadcaster, steve richards and deputy political editor of spectator, katy balls. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. theresa may is facing the most serious cabinet revolt of her premiership next week —
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according to the guardian. the paper's top story suggests as many as 25 members of government are ready to vote for a brexit delay unless she rules out a no deal. the telegraph leads with a new ruling from the church of england synod allowing churches to scrap sunday services. it brings an end to a 400—year—old law that it hopes will help rural parishes that are forced to share clergy. jeremy corbyn has been warned that he faces another exodus of mps unless he backs a plan to put theresa may's brexit deal to a second referendum — is across the front of the times. a no—deal brexit could create queues stretching a mile long for the eurostar from london to paris according to the financial times. the paper also reports on the potentialfor a deal which could bring an end to the us trade war with china after donald trump appears to have offered an olive branch to chinese telecoms firm huawei.
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the metro leads with the 16—year—old teenagerfacing life in prison for the rain and murder of six—year—old alesha macphail on the isle of bute. only one in ten jihadis returning from syria to the uk have been prosecuted according to the independent. schoolgirl self harm is surging — is splashed across the front of the daily mail. the paper warns that hospital admissions for children who selfharm have more than doubled in six years according to latest nhs figures. lets talk to our reviewers, katie would you like the site to solve? in the guardian, facing ministerial revolt if a no—deal brexit is to occur, and a dramatic vote on
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