josh warrington will defend his ibf world featherweight title on saturday in leeds against french challengerne ta koucht. but it's neither the opponent or the venue he'd targetted. he was hoping for a unification clash under the bright lights of vegas or new york. our reporter tanya arnold went with him. a16—year—old lad, if i did not get into boxing i was going tojoin the army or look at getting into the royal marines, so the boxing take off and the rest is history. but maybe we will see will tap after i retire. josh mornington is a regular visitor to barix around yorkshire, talking to soldiers and especially supporting a boxing choice. 0n talking to soldiers and especially supporting a boxing choice. on this occasion he got a bit more of a hands—on experience. occasion he got a bit more of a hands—on experiencelj occasion he got a bit more of a hands-on experience. i tell you what, nobody would be cutting up in one of those, where they? this upcoming fight not be the one he dreamt of, but he is motivated by wanting to stay champion and the opportunities it affords on. wanting to stay champ

there was a hugely impressive performance from boxer josh warrington as he successfully defended hisinant display against sofiane ta kouch, stopping him in the second round in front of a boisterous crowd in his hometown of leeds. his stats are now piling up — a third defence of his title, he's won all 30 of his fights with seven knockouts. he'll now aim for a unification fight in 2020. and get ready for omne of the most extravagant suits you're ever likely to see. this is tyson fury face—to—face with the wwe wrestler braun strowman. the two are going to get into the ring together for a wwe crownjewel fight on 31st october in saudi arabia. i'm sure there will be a little more contact than that when they finally get together in the ring. swapping the boxing ring for the wwe ring. that's all of the sport now, now it's time for the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times. and prashant rao, global editor of the news website the atlantic. lets take a look at the front pages... the observer says support i

there was a hugely impressive performance from boxer josh warrington as he successfully defended hispping him in the second round in front of a boisterous crowd in his hometown of leeds. his stats are now piling up — a third defence of his title, he's won all 30 of his fights with seven knockouts. he'll now aim for a unification fight in 2020. and get ready for omne of the most extravagant suits you're ever likely to see. this is tyson fury face—to—face with the wwe wrestler braun strowman. the two are going to get into the ring together for a wwe crownjewel fight on 31st october in saudi arabia. they are clearly looking forward to it. six games in the women's super league today. bristol city currently one—up against liverpool. spurs against manchester united is live on the bbc red button and on the bbc sport website — kick off around now. that is all from the bbc sport centre now. we will have another update in the next. thank you very much. continuing on with sport. he made history yesterday by becoming the first person ever to run a marathon in under two hours. the kenyan athlete,

josh warrington has weighed in for his 30th professional bout. fighting in his hometown of leeds.a harvey elliott has been banned for a0 days by the fa for using offensive language mocking the england captain harry kane. the england cricketers katherine brunt and nasa have been together for two years and are engaged. front proposed on new year's eve last year. the delay in going public with their news is because brunt was worried about her pa rents because brunt was worried about her parents reaction. that person that i am deep down is somebody i've always kept quite enclosed and quite away from the public. i've done that for such a long time now but i'm at the point where i'm bored of that, i just want to be me and if people don't like me for me that's their decision. i'm not going to care about what other people think any more and just focus on me and my happiness. if i can show the world how happy i am with the decision i've made and how i go about it is then hopefully going to encourage other people not to be so enclosed and be more themselves. its rugby league's grand final a

there was a hugely impressive performance from boxer josh warrington as he successfully defended hisin a dominant display against sofiane ta kouch, stopping him in the second round in front of a boisterous crowd in his hometown of leeds. his stats are now piling up — a third defence of his title, he's won all 30 of his fights with seven knockouts. he'll now aim for a unification fight in 2020. and get ready for some of the most extravagant suits you're ever likely to see. this is tyson fury face—to—face with the wwe wrestler braun strowman. the two are going to get into the ring together for a wwe crownjewel fight on 31st october in saudi arabia. i'm sure there will be a little more contact than that when they finally get together in the ring. that is all the sport for now and there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart, more medals in the offing today. simone biles could add a couple more to her ever—growing collection. go to the website. for now, that is all from me. scotland's crucial rugby world cup match against

there was a hugely impressive performance from boxer josh warrington as he successfully defended hisnification fight in 2020. have a look at this. this is tyson fury face—to—face with the wwe wrestler braun strowman. the two are going to get into the ring together for a wwe crownjewel fight on 31st october in saudi arabia. it is very showbiz. have you ever watched any of the wwe? a little bit. it is crazy. you won‘t be the first, other boxers have done the same thing. what if they get so close they velcro themselves together? with their beards? they will be getting very close!m anybody knows where his suit is from, let me know! you will have it by nine o‘clock! stick around for this, did you see mike last night? time now to catch up and see how mike and katya got on in last night‘s strictly. their quickstep to ‘come on eileen‘ secured them their highest score of the series so far — a respectable 32. let‘s take a look. music: come on eileen. thursday afternoon, i never thought we‘d get around like that. you come into your own, i've got to admit. you really, really have. i saw the danc

there was a hugely impressive performance from boxer josh warrington as he successfully defended hisn his hometown of leeds. his stats are now piling up, a third defence of his title, he's won all 30 of his fights with seven knockouts. he'll now aim for a unification fight in 2020. and he's ready for it, isn't he? to euro 2020 qualifying next, and the republic of ireland kept up their unbeaten record as they brew 0—0 with georgia. wales play croatia later today and they‘ re hoping that aaron ramsey will be fit enough to play some part in cardiff. thejuventus midfielder missed thursday's1—1 draw in slovakia. wales have played croatia four times and lost every time. whenever we've played we've always lost by one goal, so it's always been quite a tight game. we obviously know what a great team they are, they had a great world cup and they've shown year after year how great they are. but we know it's going to be very tough, but i think being at home gives us a little bit more of an advantage and we know the welsh crowd is going to be behind us, like always, cheering us on, being the 12th