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Breeder and trainer of poetic flair, jim bolger, is 79. the world snooker championship final gets underway later today in front of a capacity crowd in sheffield. the 2005 winner shaun murphy pulled off a stunning comeback to beat kyren wilson in his semi final. he won 8 frames in a row against wilson, who lost in last years final to go from 12—9 down to win17—12. murphy is now through to his fourth world championship final and his first since 2015. id be struggling to find a time from, you k...

The title, so still a long way to go across today and tomorrow. you can watch the action right now on bbc two. the european champions cup final will be an all—french affair after la rochelle beat leinster 32—23. leinster were on course to reach the final — leading their opponents 13—12 at half time — tied furlong with their try. but la rochelle scored two tries in the last 1a minutes to secure the win — and reach the final for the first time, wherell they play toulouse at twickenham ...

Guardiolas side will be champions. city did their bit yesterday, beating crystal palace 2—0, sergio aguero with the opener, before ferran torres sealed the win two minutes later. that goal from aguero was his i82nd league goalfor city. hes set to leave the club when his contract runs out at the end of the season and guardiola paid tribute to him afterwards. what a goal, what a player, what a man. im completely in love with him as a man, especially. so other players with less quality, less lege...

Bright across eastern areas of the uk, but outbreaks of rain will quickly spread in from the west. it might well be cold enough even to have a little bit of snow mixed in of the highest ground in scotland and northern england, and its going to be pretty windy. pretty windy and pretty chilly, really, for the time of year. temperatures doing well enough to get into double figures across england and wales. further north, scotland and northern ireland, about 7—9. maybe the far north of scotland th...

However, as we head into next weekend there is another significant low pressure thats likely to push its way in for the southwest bringing yet more wet and windy weather. it may well turn things touch milder by the end of the weekend.

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And then hunt down team—mate valterri bottas. the victory extends hamiltons lead in the drivers�* championship to eight points after three races. i lost at the restart which was a mistake from my side, but i do not feel bad about it because i fixed it. 0vercoming obstacles and overtaking these two guys, it is a good feeling. and mark selby and shaun murphy are locked at six frames all in the final of the world snooker championship in sheffield. in front of a capacity crowd at the crucible th...

Radzi chinyanganya joins us now from the crucible theatre ahead of the days action. we have seen people back in the stands during the course of this tournament and gradually the crowd is getting bigger but finally a capacity crowd. how different will it feel? i was here in 2020 with no credit at all and we will have 100% capacity crowds. the final session tomorrow is a sell—out. 1002 seats available, 1002 seats sold. it is going to be for me a seminal moment when the whole country can celebrat...

Murphy one, he has really turned back the clock. he won it in 2005 and reach the final in 2009 and 2015 and reach the final in 2009 and 2015 and against stuart bingham made it through to the semifinals. his run to the final here has been incredible. whether it has been against the reigning world number one in the quarterfinals, a phenomenal semifinal yesterday where he won 13 of the last 15 frames, it really was special stuff. and mark selby going for a fourth world title. not many people can sa...

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