and one of the greatest jockeys of all time, leicester piggott, has died at 87. —— leicester piggott.ome to the programme. culture secretary nadine dorries has called on european football's governing body uefa to "launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why" after chaotic scenes at last night's champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tier gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was "deeply concerning". the mayor of liverpool — who was at the game — described the police actions as brutal and intimidating. uefa has said it will "review these matters urgently" with french police.0ur correspondent danjohnson sent this report from paris. this sort of scene unnerves any football fan. it's not what you would expect of the biggest game in european club football. liverpool supporters say there was indiscriminate tear gassing by heavy—handed french police, who failed to manage the crowd and get everyone to their seats i

and one of the greatest jockeys of all time, leicester piggott, has died at 87.

the record—breaking jockey leicester piggott, who won the derby a nine times, has died at the age ofd to hospital in switzerland, where he lived, last week. he was jailed for three years in 1987, for tax fraud, but returned to racing after his release. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. lester has it in the bag! when it came to the art of winning, few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 19118 at the age ofjust12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it's pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. here comes lester piggott on nijinsky. but his much

leicesters. what was it i about his performance in the saddle that made him stand out? lester piggott come as a kid growing up knew, i knew come as a kid growing up and he was a name that everybody knew. it’s up and he was a name that everybody knew. �* , , , , up and he was a name that everybody knew. �* , , _ ._ knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used — knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to _ knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to be _ knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to be an _ knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to be an annual - knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to be an annual ritual, | and it used to be an annual ritual, every year people wanted to know who he would ride in the derby because if they knew if they backed him they would more often than not be collecting. epsom is an unusual track with switchbacks and undulations, a couple ofjockeys have won it six times but he won it nine times. he was tall for a jockey, he constantly rowed at 30 pounds less than his body weight which made for a lot of wastage. he