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fihey sftand any chance teams. do they stand any chance tonight at anfield? is going to be one of the upsets in premier league history if they turn around and when this tonight, one that again it will probably walk away happy with another 2—0 defeat. thank you forjoining us. couple of other stories to bring you up to date with. one of the top officials in charge of var says the video assistant referee made the "wrong call" by failing to send off tottenham's giovani lo celso against chelsea. chris foy says it was "human error" by official david coote. it's expected that inter milan will play their europa league game against ludogorets on thursday behind closed doors, because of the spread of coronavirus. inter were one of four serie a teams to postpone their league games over the weekend. it's also affecting rugby union. the games that ospreys and ulster were scheduled to play in the pro 1a this weekend have been postponed. italy has the largest number of cases of the virus in europe,
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six people there have died from the illness. it's being described as one of the greatest performances in the history of heavyweight boxing, but tyson fury‘s stunning victory over deontay wilder in las vegas on saturday has left boxing fans wanting more. the question is who next for the wbc heavy weight champion? adam wild reports. it was one night in vegas that you fight fans will ever forget. tyson fury completing his astonishing turnaround to regain once more the world heavyweight title. that is the boxing world continues to reflect, looking back on that extraordinary weekend scene switches to looking forward to and now emerges potentially plenty to look forward to. what next or perhaps more accurately, who next? with terry mac now in possession at the wbc belt, many would relish the prospect of an old british unification fight with
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anthonyjoshua in london, or perhaps the middle east. we do not have big majorfighterfor a long the middle east. we do not have big major fighter for a long time, the middle east. we do not have big majorfighterfor a long time, to have that here, two world champions, current world champions as well at the peak of their career, i think it would be huge. i think we need that. it would be great for boxing and british boxing as well. the prospect of that was raised further with a message from joshua's and later, no need for a third, let's go straight to it in the summer. undisputed. that is in reference to another possibility for fury, and said fight with deontay wilder. having drawn once and then being competitively beaten, it is not sure how appealing that would be for wilder. beaten, it is not sure how appealing that would be for wilderi beaten, it is not sure how appealing that would be for wilder. i am almost sure he will take care rematch, any time he can take somebody out and with that danger, you are always in a fight. i'm british or we will do it again. if he wants to. if he does not want to,
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these are my promoters, whatever they want to do, i am happy with. you have a net will get the same treatment. -- whoever is next. that is there any challenger is an ominous warning. one to be treasured by dillian whyte. let's hope we can get it on, you dele mackie tweeted. for now, the question of the tyson fury is how long will the party going? councillors today in manchester have been discussing the possibility of a huge homecoming parade, but the and illness offence that he has made in the past about women and gay people, that remains controversial. we love celebrating sporting achievements, but it is a city that stands up for women and 93v city that stands up for women and gay people so we will have to check out before we push the green button for any celebration, public celebration. whatever tyson fury's
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future, he will always have his history and he will have that night in vegas. fury's promoter frank warren whojoins me now. good evening. i'm sure you've had several phone calls over the past couple of days. i would like to ask you about this parade in manchester. would tyson be up for it? he should be. i'm sure he would be. he deserves more acclaim for what he's done. donald trump has invited him to the white house, and the pope has asked that he go to rome. that is the impact he has had. i was listening to some of the stuff that has been said, and i would like to address that before we go any further. yes, please do. people saying there were controversial comments that tyson had made in the past, perhaps therefore did not deserve to have any sort of parade oi’ deserve to have any sort of parade or welcome home, what you make of
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that? let us put it in context. when this was happening to tyson, as everybody acknowledges now, he was mentally in a bad place, mentally ill and said some things that he should not have done, some things we re should not have done, some things were taken out of context. i am not going to make apologies for him. he was a very ill person. he was contemplating i went to commit suicide. since then, he has turned his life around. i am going to give you an analogy. mohammed ali, many, many years ago, when he was a young fighter, he said black should not marry whites, the whites are the devil, parrots do not go with budgerigars, very racist remarks. he regretted saying that and he went on to become one of the best love sportsmen orfaces on to become one of the best love sportsmen or faces on the planet. so much so that your own bbc television, he was awarded sportsman of the century award. all the
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viewers voted for them, that is what he was. people say silly things when they are young, people can change and they can learn. and broaden their horizons as they get more... see more of the world. he was in a bad place and as i say, i'm not being apologies, but how could you not give him the acclaim that he deserves for the feet that he pulled off quiz? the best performance i've seen off quiz? the best performance i've seen from any british boxer in my lifetime. i think we already looking ahead to the next fight, and there are two words on everyone's lips, anthonyjoshua. eddie has said that as the fight that everyone is to see. as the fight that everyone is to see. a lot that needs to happen for that to go ahead. have you spoken to eddie yetl've never to him in my life. this is not his agenda, this is tyson fury's. anthonyjoshua went to america and got destroyed by the tilbury doughboy.
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tyson fury is the number one heavyweight in the planet, he went to america and has taken america by storm. of course we want to see the fight, were trying to make that fight, were trying to make that fight for the last two years and all eddie kept saying, it has got to be 70- eddie kept saying, it has got to be 70 - 30. the eddie kept saying, it has got to be 70 — 30. the tables have turned now. 50-50, 70 — 30. the tables have turned now. 50—50, no problem that, i think tyson would deserve more. what eddie fails to tell everybody, he has got a magic defence against kubrat pulev —— he has got to defence. there is a rematch clause, and they had 30 days to decide whether they are going to instigate the rematch. until that happens, no one can say anything. in the meantime, all that eddie has been doing is he is the guy standing
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outside your house, with his nose pressed against the window. this is about the boxes and the fans, more importantly the fans. if they want to see the fight, we will make it happen. it will be done not through the media, we tried it through the media, his dad barry said he did not wa nt to media, his dad barry said he did not want to delay make that happen. he said how dare we try to make it happen through the media. i think it was on radio four. he can play to the bbc. we will take his advice. while we are now, once we know where tyson's rematch clause is, when we know anthonyjoshua's magic defence is, we will make a decision. until then, thatis we will make a decision. until then, that is the position and eddie can talk about all the people he is negotiating with, he wants to put his fight on in the uk or outside the usa, he's got to do with us. and nobody else. that is the question as well, where
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that fight, where would it take place, if it does happen? tyson hugely popular out in the states, with the fancy something closer to home, old trafford? iwould love with the fancy something closer to home, old trafford? i would love to go there. it would be history, it is hometown. the first time the four belts have been on the line, they will be unifying before belts, an absolute unanimous champion. you would also be in the situation where it is the first time two brits, both holding belts, deserves to be in the uk. the problem we have is to football, they have to go where the money is. short career, wherever the money is. short career, wherever the money is, that is where the fight ta kes money is, that is where the fight takes place. the demands will be high for these fights. career defining fights. ramsey going off to play for milan, they went there for
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the money, that's what sportsmen do because they want to earn as much as they can in a short sporting life that they have. what about dillian whyte, that is the mandatory challenger. how likely is it that tyson will fight him, given what you've said about anthony joshua having to fight kubrat pulev injune? joshua having to fight kubrat pulev in june? they will call it when it is monetary and it is due. i'm not his promoter, his promoter is eddie. it is up to him to have pushed fighter, he has been number one mandatory for who knows how long. he shows favouritism towards other fighters. he should go and speak to his promoter about it. i am not in the gillian white business, i am in the gillian white business, i am in the tyson fury business. in the tyson fury business, have you spoken to today? making history over the
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weekend. it is something that is a little bit different from anything we have seen before. how has it come down from that? i don't know what that noise was! he had a very manic day, and i only got back a couple of hours ago from the states. i will give him a call and speak to him and i'm sure he is enjoying himself, i think he flies back this evening. we are looking forward to speaking to him. frank, thank you for speaking to us. it is a pleasure, all the best. let's bring you some of today's other sports news stories. india will host the archery and shooting events at the 2022 commonwealth games, six months before the main event in birmingham. india had threatened to boycott the games after shooting was initially excluded. the draw for the rugby challenge cup has been taken. the huddersfield
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giants take on the toronto wolfpack. and mourners have gathered at the staples centre in las vegas for a public memorial service for basketball star kobe bryant and his 13—year—old daughter, gianna. the pair died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in late january. defending champions australia have got their first win of the women's t20 world cup after beating sri lanka by five wickets. sri lanka batted first and scored 122 from their 20 overs. captain chamari atapattu top scoring with 50, an innings which included a moment to remember for one spectator! but their total wasn't enough, australia chasing down their target with three balls to spare. india are top of that group after beating bangladesh by 18 runs. they scored 142, but did have a moment to forget in their innings, as deepti sharma and veda krishnamurthy got their communication all wrong.
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it didn't affect the result though, bangladesh scoring just 124. two wins from two for india. before we go, a reminder of our top story tonight. a ban on heading in football training in primary schools in england, scotland and northern ireland. the new guidelines also put limits on how much heading older children should do. that's all from sportsday. hugh ferris will have more throughout the evening. goodbye from me. we have not seen a lot of snow so far this went about quite a few places got to see some earlier on today. this is the radar picture, is that fell parts of northern ireland, northern england and snow falling across scotland, rain sinking southwards across parts of england and wales. as we go through tonight,
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the snowy weather across scotland will fizzle away. we will start to bring quite a few showers and from the west and some of those will be on the heavy side with hail and thunder and some snow mixing in, a cold night and through the northern half of the uk, there are likely to be some icy stretches to stop tomorrow morning. we will see some spells of sunshine tomorrow, lots of jazz pushing west towards the east. —— lots and showers. some of the shells will be wintry, especially over the hills, it will be a windy day, making it feel cold, your top temperatures between four and nine celsius.
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