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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  January 14, 2025 4:45am-5:01am GMT

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and we're on the golf course with peter odemwingie. once a premier league footballer, now a golf pro. former world heavyweight champion tyson fury has announced his retirement from boxing again. it's not the first time he's said he'll leave the sport — hence scepticism around whether this really is the end. last month, fury lost his rematch against oleksandr usyk. his announcement comes just a couple of days after anthonyjoshua said a fight with fury "had "to happen this year" and that he believed it would. with more, here's our boxing reporter, ade adedoyn. today's press conference to announce what is a huge bill in saudi arabia has been overshadowed by this news tyson fury says he will
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retire from boxing. and if he does so, it will be off back—to—back defeats, the most recent in saudi arabia. we have been here before with tyson fury when he said he would retire only for him to change his mind. so is he really going to walk away from the sport on this occasion? god bless him. if that is what he wants to do, great. he's done eeverything he could do, in the best british heavyweight of his generation by far. two—time world champion. plenty of money, got his wits about him, got a lovely family for the god bless them. he is tyson fury, what is he going to do? sit at home? go on holiday for the rest of his life? maybe. and if he is, what a wonderful life. but he is a winner, and he's a fighter, and what lays in the palm of his hand is the biggest fight in the history of our country. will he walk away from that?
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maybe. with a] calling him out, the pressure is mounting for the fight. so it could be the start of a great build—up and mind games or could be the end of his career. a huge opportunity for daniel, who had a brilliant 2024 when he realised life's ambition by becoming heavyweight champion of the world and showed he belongs at elite level by beating anthonyjoshua. putting down a few times and stopping him in five rounds. ticking of the year with a bang with potentially a very tricky opponent and joseph parker, a former world champion himself who comes into this bout with real momentum having won his last two fights. he has a role and so am i. so we will meet and a clash and i am 100% sure i am going to get victory, you know, by any means necessary, you know, ready for it. ~ ., necessary, you know, ready for it. . ., ., necessary, you know, ready for it. ~ ., ., ., ,
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necessary, you know, ready for it. what danger does he pose? we will see _ it. what danger does he pose? we will see on _ it. what danger does he pose? we will see on the _ it. what danger does he pose? we will see on the night. - it. what danger does he pose? we will see on the night. he i we will see on the night. he has two arms, two legs, so not taking anything for granted but ijust believe i'm a better athlete, you know? i will ijust believe i'm a better athlete, you know? iwill do what it takes. athlete, you know? i will do what it takes.— athlete, you know? i will do what it takes. i've had three aood what it takes. i've had three good wins. _ what it takes. i've had three good wins. -- _ what it takes. i've had three good wins, -- he _ what it takes. i've had three good wins, -- he has had i what it takes. i've had three i good wins, -- he has had three good wins, —— he has had three good _ good wins, —— he has had three good wins, _ good wins, —— he has had three good wins, including joshua, probably— good wins, including joshua, probably the biggest of his career. _ probably the biggest of his career, and coming into this fight — career, and coming into this fight with_ career, and coming into this fight with myself and have confidence we can do the same thing — confidence we can do the same thing so— confidence we can do the same thin._ ., confidence we can do the same thin. ., ., ,, confidence we can do the same thing. so a massive fight card to start the — thing. so a massive fight card to start the year _ thing. so a massive fight card to start the year and - thing. so a massive fight card to start the year and massive | to start the year and massive news as well with tyson fury saying he will walk away from boxing. you will find out if he keeps his word on this occasion. studio: yes, we will see. david moyes says everton will need everyone behind them if they're to avoid playing in the championship next season. moyes held his first press conference after returning to the club, more than a decade after leaving for manchester united. everton are just a point above the relegation zone, ahead of wednesday's game against aston villa. our sports editor dan roan reports. when david moyes first took charge of everton,
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he was the youngest manager in the premier league. almost 23 years on, he returns as the oldest, and today explained why he has gone back. look, iam not coming back to the same everton as i left. i don't believe i am. but i don't think everton are getting the same david moyes who was here at the time he was as well. but i'm hoping they get someone more experienced and more wiser. he managed everton more than 500 times before leaving 12 years ago. he was then sacked by manchester united afterjust ten months. but he had a more successful time at west ham, winning a european trophy in 2023. everton, meanwhile, have become accustomed to relegation battles, sacking sean dyche last week with the team just a point off the bottom three. recent years have been tough for everton off the field with serious financial difficulties and eight points deducted last season for breaching premier league
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spending rules. but moyes knows the most important task facing him is making sure at the end of this final campaign here at goodison, the club remains in the top flight. everton have a brand—new home and new owners and now moyes will be tasked with providing some much—needed stability. the stadium looks the business. it looks elite. so we need to start getting some elite players, start looking at the level of players, give people something to shout about when we move into the new stadium. everton regularly finished in the top half of the table in his first stint. now that he is back, how the fans would love a repeat. there's a massive game at the city ground on tuesday, with nottingham forest hoping to stamp their mark on the premier league title race. nuno espirito santo's side could close the gap on leaders liverpool to three points, if they beat them just liverpool to three points, if they beat them, just as they did at anfield in september. forest's rise has
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been one of the stories of the season so far, and they go into that game, having won seven straight games in all competitions. was the beginning of the season, every team starting the competition, knowing each other, the weaknesses, the strengths, maybe it was a surprise, but it was a long time ago. many things have changed. both teams are different now. it is a new game and new things will happen. i think they already showed, in retrospect, how good of a team they are. leading up to the game, i think they had two draws and one win, that is why i think, in general, every time when liverpool loses a home game, that is something we don't expect. looking back and see where they are in the league, it has not been such a shock result as it was back then. mark selby cruised into the quarter finals of the master snooker at alexandra palace, thrashing ali carter by six
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frames to one. former champion ding junhui is also through, after he beat anotherformer winner mark williams, 6—5, despite trailing 5—4. ding last won the event in 2011, and will face either judd trump or barry hawkins next. finally, former footballer peter odemwingie made his name scoring goals in the english premier league, but these days he's more likely to be found on a golf course. last year, odemwingie qualified as a pga professional, and is hoping to make the sport more popular in nigeria. bbc sport africa's ian williams went to play a few holes with him. as a professional sportsman, peter has always been the kind of guy with a lot of drive. in a 17 year football career, he won 56 caps for his country as well as an olympic silver medal, appearing at two world cups and four
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africa cup of nations. he played in six different countries, including seven years in the united kingdom and the english premier league, finding the target. but now he has swapped to a very different type of club. what was it you loved about playing football the most? i loved scoring goals. of course. especially in the last minute of the game. and with golf it is like holing a putt on the 18th hole to win the tournament. similarities between golf and football, you would say? a lot of feel involved. sometimes the weight of the football is as important as how hard you hit a putt. it's not uncommon for famous sportspeople to have a real love of golf but peter has taken further. he studied forfour years he studied for four years to graduate with a foundation degree in professional golf studies with the professional golfers association, better known as the pga. as a pga pro, peter can now coach. so now you are aiming at the target. which was handy for me. thankfully he has grander plans.
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as a former olympian, he likes the idea of leading nigerian golfers at the games. not bad. the medal is very well respected back home. if i cannot play as a golfer, i can at least be in the team of a golfer who will play there, but for now i want to introduce people to the game and build a generation of golfers, for nigerians in particular who can participate in the olympics. what kind of benefits do you think golf could bring to an african country like nigeria? if we have more golf courses, there will be tourism, kids can get scholarships and good countries, in good schools, in america. he says accessibility is a barrier for many people in africa but says he wants to involve charities, businesses, state officials and the pga in his plans. yes, good luck to him. the dallas cowboys have parted ways with head coach, mike mccarthy. mccarthy led the team
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to three playoff appearances in five seasons. last week, the cowboys rejected a request from the chicago bears to interview mccarthy for their head coach opening. before we go, a reminder that you can get all the latest from the australian open over on the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. we had really big contrasts in weather across the uk on monday. in highland scotland, here in plockton, there was a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, but it was very mild, and just along the road from here, we had temperatures up to ia degrees in achnagart. so a real contrast, then, to the 3 celsius that was recorded in fylingdales in north yorkshire. the reason for this? well, the cold air that we had last week hasn't entirely gone
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away from eastern areas, and the winds were blowing over the snow—covered north york moors, keeping those temperatures well suppressed in our coldest parts. now, over the next few hours, there's a little bit of rain to come across parts of southern scotland, northern ireland, into northern england, the north midlands and north wales, as well. for most, it's going to be a mild start to the day on tuesday, but you mightjust see an odd nip of frost, if we keep those skies clearest long enough over the next few hours. now, next few days, high pressure dominates our weather picture, and the high pressure is going to be feeding in a lot of mild air, often with these southwesterly winds. so temperatures will be running above average for most areas over the next few days. quite a spell of weather, then, coming up for most, but there will be some rain around to start the day across north—west england, the north midlands and across western wales. a damp start to the day here. there will be some breaks in the cloud. northern and eastern scotland looking pretty good for some sunshine, and those sunnier skies should push into north—east england as the day goes by.
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a few breaks, as well, quite likely across parts of the south east. high pressure then stays with us as we head towards the middle part of the week, and as that high pressure becomes more centred over england and wales, the winds start to fall light, and that's a recipe for some fog to develop, as we head into wednesday morning, and some of that fog will be with us all day. where that happens, yes, it could be quite cool, but for most of the uk, we should see some bright or sunny spells coming through, a bit of rain from another weather frontjust edges into the far north—west of scotland. heading into thursday, again, we could see a few mist and fog patches around, the feed of southwesterly winds continuing to bring in some pretty mild weather. most of us should stay dry, with some sunshine at times, and our temperatures, above average for the time of year, typically between around 8 and 10 celsius. this relatively quiet spell of weather then lasts, for most of us, through the rest of this week and into the weekend, but then we've got another weatherfront, bringing some rain to western areas as we head into sunday. bye for now.
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live from london. this is bbc news. fires continue to burn in los angeles as the city braces itself for more strong winds. nine people are charged in connection with looting in la. mostly related to thefts
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from evacuated houses. the bbc understands hamas and israel are close to reaching a ceasefire deal in gaza. the impeachment trial to the suspended president of south korea begins shortly — as the constitutional court will decide whether to strip him of his presidential duties. hello, i'm tadhg enright. los angeles is bracing itself for more wildfires with strong winds set to return to the city. forecasters are expecting gusts, of more than 70 miles per hour. around the same force as a category one hurricane. these are the same type of santa ana winds that caused the initial spread of
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the blazes last week.

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