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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  April 29, 2019 10:30pm-10:41pm BST

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so will this be a blow for england? the road cup now, less than a month away, prolific batter, he gave up red ball cricket to focus on my ball cricket. it is a leap forward and —— white ball cricket. in bangladesh and other smaller nations seemed very, very long time ago and if you look at the address that are waiting in the wings, he seems to be talked about a lot, blistering 194 the other day, san hain, joe clark also plays that are around, one day, there are a lot of players ride and hopefully it means that, yet that strength and depth will help them
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through. snooker now and it was a fascinating battle betweenjudd trump and china's ding jun—hui, which saw trump eventually triumph at the crucible. ding was 5—1 down but came back to lead the final session 9—7. however, trump fought back to take the match 13—9. he'll now play stephen maguire in the quarterfinals. just came out of the mentality that i was not prepared to lose. don't give anything easy. and obviously, i think i did not really miss anything tonight and he was under a lot of pressure getting in because he knew that i was going to clear up. tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says he is living the dream, and has taken inspiration from toy story‘s "buzz lightyear" ahead of their champions league semi final first leg against ajax. it's the club's biggest european night for more than half a century and it'll take place in their new stadium. however, they'll be without both harry kane — who's still injured —
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and son hyeung—min, whose goals against manchester city helped them get this far. despite that, pochettino is still thinking big. you need to settle your dreams. to infinity and beyond, you know? because if you put your dreams here and in the moment, you get this dream and it is a bottle without water, it is difficult to accept. and when you want to achieve big things, you need to settle your dream. i always was a dreamer. the man who scored celtic‘s european cup winning goal, stevie chalmers, has died at the age of 83. chalmers got the second in the lisbon lions' victory over inter milan in 1967. his death comes a week after the passing of the team's captain, billy mcneil, who also suffered from dementia
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in his final years. celtic described chalmers as a club legend and one of its greatest ever goal—scorers. jane lewis reports. attributes to another grade. and like others who pass before him, a player who will forever be in supporters hearts. barely seven minutes from time, came the winning goal. chalmers deflected the dogs shot. over 231 goals, over 231 this winner in may 1967 european cup final against inter milan was surely the most important goal he scored. in paying tribute, celtic and knowledge that saying:
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chalmers was born in glasgow on boxing day in 1935. but in 1955, his life was almost cut short after he was struck by tuberculosis he was sent six months in hospital and was given just weeks to live before successful pioneering treatment. there is a goal, goal by tamas! during his football career, he played for celtic, partick thistle, and motoring. he also won five scotland caps, scoring another memorable morton. he also won five scotland caps, scoring another memorable goal. that's the first goal! a magnificent effort layout and less than about 30 seconds! the centre forward, chalmers! but, he made his name in green and white. very personable, very chatty. one of the noisy ones
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in the team and we had a few noisy ones in the side but he was one of them. on his own, jumping. that is such a sense of sadness around here. tributes continue to be paid to former captain and manager, billy mcneill, who died a week ago. now supporters are mourning the loss of another celtic another player who helped shape the history of this club. very sad, a double death, what can you say? it's a really sad week for the club. it a sad loss for the club and every celtic fan will be suffering today. such times indeed. another lisbon line going suffering from dementia. but chalmers achievements will not be forgotten. he provided one of the enduring images of the rio olympics. pita taufatofua became a social media sensation after walking out at the opening ceremony topless, oiled up, and wearing a traditional
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tongan warrior outfit. he competed in taekwondo at those games before taking on cross country skiing at last year's winter olympics. he's now targeting a third different sport for tokyo 2020. bbc olympic reporter nick hope has been to meet in his homeland. the moment he announced himself and his country to the world. at the rio olympic opening ceremony. our plan was to represent our tradition and heritage, and we had no idea what impact that would have until someone came up to us and said, you are trending everywhere in the world. i said, i don't know what trending means, but it sounds good. over days, 230 million people had searched him and he would become an overnight celebrity. with thoughts
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of his homeland kept him humble. this year, this is where my house used to be. a cyclone came and lifted this house a few years after we we re lifted this house a few years after we were here and we could have been added. then they wouldn't of been me at the olympics, i may not have even been alive. it was tough. we had no running water, rich to me was a naked afford to buy food. —— when i could afford to buy food. the dream was in the moment we qualify. all of this fight is for my family. and for the country. summer olympics, winter olympics, life is good. this is to show people that they can come from difficult circumstances that they can fight forward. he is practically
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worshiped here, but his mission is not complete just yet, he is now incredibly tackling the third different sport for tokyo 2020.|j wa nt to different sport for tokyo 2020.|j want to be a sprint kayaker, something close to my heart, something close to my heart, something that my people did for a thousand years as they colonised the polynesian islands, the biggest challenge is getting funding and support to help get there but i believe that anything can be done. i wa nt to believe that anything can be done. i want to roll my way to olympic gold and carry the spirit of my people. these are live pictures from the crucible where the last match of the second round is still going on. the scotjohn higgins is 12—11 up against the englishman stuart bingham. you can watch via the bbc website.
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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 the broadcaster john kampfner and sunday times deputy political editor caroline wheeler. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the main image on the guardian is the man believed to be the leader of the islamic state group — who has made a rare appearance on camera.
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alongside that is news that more than 2,500 prison staff in the uk have been subject to disciplinary action in five years. following the move to get victims of crime to hand over their phones to police — the daily mail leads with warnings from campaigners that rapists could escape justice unless the plans are scrapped. the i claims the us is threatening to sever links with british intelligence — over the prime minister's supposed backing of the chinese tech firm, huawei. the financial times leads on an imf forecast that suggests the iranian economy has collapsed under the weight of sactions imposed by the white house. the daily telegraph's headline: ‘why must we pay to report a crime?‘ — as baroness newlove warns that victims of anti—social behaviour are being forced to pay to report offences to the police. and the university of cambridge has announced a two—year inquiry into its historical links to the slave trade,

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