Hi everybody, people. Applause im happy to be here. Im excited. Im grateful for his excellency, and for whom this fight happened. Lets make history. Enough, thank you very much. The great and the good of the boxing world have made their way to riyahd for this unmissable fight. Our reoprter ade adadoyn got the thoughts of a former World Champion. Well, the press conference wasnt one what were accustomed to with tyson fury. None of the shenanigans, shouting, pushing, orshoving it was very respectful towards Oleksandr Usyk. Alongside me is former World Champion amir khan what did you make of that . I thought there would be shouting, pushing, and shoving, but it was very different. Yeah, you know, ithought there would be a lot of yelling and shouting, and obviously going face to face, head to head but it was the total opposite it seemed that both fighters know the fight is days away now, no point talking about it, let their fists due the talking. I thought it was very respectful, i think the managers and promoters were very respectful because look, nothing can change now. Both fighters have trained, they know what they have to do and what their game plan will be, and itll be the best man to win now. So lets see, look, itll be an epic fight though, this is a fight weve not had a fight like this in the last 25 years. Its funny because we had lennox lewis and holyfield who were the last undisputed champions. So i mean, this is an amazing year to see that boxing in saudi arabia, its massive, but this is what boxing needed. This is what we all needed. What did you make of the fact that, in the face of, tyson fury never looked at Oleksandr Usyk . Normally he tries to get under his opponents skin and get the psychological edge. I wonder, youve been here before, as a fighter, dont you just do the normal things that you normally do . Normally i would go there on autopilot, you go and do your thing. But i just dont think tyson respects him, thats why he doesnt look into his eyes. Tyson doesnt want usyk to feel what hes feeling, you know what i mean . You know when you look into a fighter� s eyes and you get to the and feel everything hes going through . Usyk seems confident to me, and i dont think tyson sees that. Not that there is fear and him, but hes got his own game plan and strategy going on, and he doesnt want that to change, because that can change when you look into someone� s eyes its happened to me back in the day when i fought, i remember looking into Danny Garcias eyes and my whole game plan went right out the window. And i got beat. So i think thats what it is, he knows what he needs to do and not to look into their eyes. Whos going to win this . Give me one name. Tyson fury, itll be close, but ive got Oleksandr Usyk winning the first couple rounds, then tyson putting the pressure on and winning the rest of the rounds. Itll be a Majority Decision or unanimous tyson fury. Thank you, thats former World Champion amir khan, who is picking tyson fury to win. There is a saying in boxing that a good bigun always beats a good little� un. Well find out whether that becomes true on saturday night. Cant wait for that fight. Leeds are just one win away from an instant return to the English Premier League after thrashing norwich 4 0 in the second leg of ther play off semi final, at elland road. Theyll play the winner of southampton and west brom at wembley. Chris coles was watching for bbc radio 5live. In the end, leeds couldnt have wished for a smoother passage through to wembley a strange feeling given their Playoff Struggles of the past. From the off, they look hungrier than norwich, who just couldnt cope with leeds� s intensity. The smart kick gave them an eighth minute lead, joel pirros header took a cross, and Whenjorginho Ruda crashed in the third from close range, the tie was done with still five minutes of the first half to play. Somerville added a fourth and the second half to complete a dominant leeds win, taking them to wembley a game away from an immediate Premier League return. Manchester citys goalkeeper ederson will miss Sundays Premier League title decider and next weeks machester derby fa cup final. The brazilian was forced off with an eye injury during citys 2 0 win at tottenham on tuesday that left pep guardiolas side on the brink of their fourth consecutive title. Scans have confirmed ederson suffered a small fracture to his right eye socket, following a collision with cristian romero. France head coach Didier Deschamps has named his 25 man squad for euro 2024, with ngolo kante handed a surprise recall. Kante, who moved to Saudi Pro League side al ittihad in 2023, last played for the National Team back in 2022. Kante has 56 caps for france and was a key part of the side that won the world cup in 2018. While the former chelsea midfielder was included, there was no room for current chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku or Michael 0lise of crystal palace. Xander schauffele carded the lowest round ever in a us pga championship, with a first round 62 to lead the way in kentucky. The american came up with nine birdies in a sensational bogey free round at valhalla to beat hose maria 0lazabal� s course record set 2a years ago. An exciting first day at golf� s second major of the year you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. Iga swiatek won her 11th straight clay court match on thursday, as the top seed moved closer to another record with a comprehensive Semifinal Defeat of coco gauff at the itlalian 0pen. The world number now stands one victory away from duplicating the Madrid Rome Clay Trophy Double achieved by Serena Williams 11 years ago she beat gauff for the tenth time in ii meetings, and will face Aryna Sabalenka in the final. Tommy paul booked his Semifinal Spot in the Itali 0pen Semis after beating Hubert Hurkacz in rome. The iath seeded came through in a match featuring 13 breaks of serve. The american kept his composure in a Nerve Wracking deciding set for a two hour, as minute victory. Tommy paul will play chiles Nicolas Jarry in his semifinal. The Lawn Tennis Association has confirmed that queens club will stage a wta tour event next summer in a reshuffle of the grass court season. The Governing Body has says it wants to promote the womens game and the tournaments at birmingham and eastbourne will be reduced in status. But there have been concerns by male players about the state of the grass courts they will inherit for their tournament the following week. The fortnight of the Wimbledon Championships ably demonstrates that two weeks of play on a grass court is very, very durable. And weve reassured the atp on multiple occasions that there wont be an impact in the integrity and the performance of the court in that second week. So we remain in dialogue with the atp around post but remain altogether confident that the changes in 25 will be permanent. Simone biles says shes better equipped to handle the challenges that await, as she prepares for a third 0lympics this was after she had to withdraw from multiple competitions, including the tokyo 2020 games. The four time olympic gold medallist will compete for the first time in 2024 at the us classic, and says that shes not cured, but she is mentally in a better place. I think there were a lot of variables that went into tokyo that i didnt get properly taken care of therapy and all the things. And ive been doing a lot of therapy all week, a lot of sessions, a lot of hours so ive put in the work, so i know that that wont happen, that wont affect me moving forward. My therapist is available to me kind of at any time i ever need, even outside my sessions even at worlds, like, some of the girls, i think they went out to a Chocolate Factory or whatever and i wasnt present because i was at the hotel during my therapy sessions, because i know how important that is for me to stay present, mindful, and not be too anxious. So yes, we will keep that up and ive done that at classics championships, worlds, so itll continue. Stage 12 of the giro ditalia was won byjulian alaphilippe. The former World Champion taking the victory after riding away from his breakaway companion Mirco Maestri in the last few kilometres of the stage into fano. Its the first win for the former double World Champion in almost a year, following his win at the Criterium Du Dauphine Injune 2023. Alaphilipe has now won a stage on the three major tours. Tadej pogacar retains the race leaders pinkjersey. You can get more on the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. But from me, will perry, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. Hello there. Thursday brought us a real mixture of weather across the uk. It was scotland and, to a degree, the far north of england that had the best of the days weather, with plenty of sunshine. And very warm in the highlands, temperatures reached 25 celsius in Altnaharra That was the warmest place in the whole of the uk, confirmation of the rather beautiful weather we had here. Wasnt like that everywhere, though for northern ireland, england, and wales, we had rain or some thundery showers around, and across berkshire and also pembrokeshire, we had photographs sent to us of some Funnel Clouds there tornadoes that dont quite make it all the way down to the ground. It was very wet for some in nantwich, in cheshire, we had 25 millimetres of rain. Now on into fridays forecast, the tail end of the Weather Front will continue to feed in quite a lot of cloud across northern england, and we start off certainly with some mist and fog patches around some of our north sea coast. Aside from northern england, though, i suspect overall, were looking at a brighter day on friday with more in the way of sunshine. There will, though, be 1 2 showers popping up into the afternoon, i 2 thunderstorms, but big gaps between those showers that means probably for most of you, were looking at a dry day with temperatures widely high teens, to the low 20s. It will feel warm in the sunshine, highest temperatures, probably west scotland, where i think well probably get to 2a outside chance of a 25. 0n into the weekend, weve got a low Pressure System threatening some heavier bursts of rain across southeast england, certainly more cloud around here as we head into the morning. 0therwise, again, were looking at a few mist and fog patches clearing and lifting away, sunny spells, breaking through, and then, into the afternoon, i 2 showers and thunderstorms ppping up temperatures still on the warm side were looking at highs well into the teens, 23 24 celsius in the very warmest areas. Given the light winds and the may sunshine, that will feel very pleasant. For sunday, though, there is a slight change in the Weather Picture across scotland and northern ireland, in that therell be a bit more in the way of cloud pushing in here it could be thick enough to give us an odd patch of rain. England and wales mainly dry with some sunshine, but you will notice the temperatures just dropping a little bit across scotland and northern ireland, given that cloudier weather. Now beyond that, into next week, looks like the start of the week should be ok many of us will have drier weather with sunny spells but theres a tendency for the cloud to thicken, with Rain Arriving Towards the second half of the week. Youre with newsday, live from singapore. The headlines two president s and one vision putin and xi say they will Work Together to combat Destructive And Hostile us policies. Phone calls and the ethics of secret recordings Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial hears more evidence from his former lawyer michael cohen. Police charge a man with the Attempted Murder of the slovakian prime minister, who is still in a serious condition after being shot. And a Special Report from taiwan where the president tells the bbc she doesnt believe an attack from china is imminent. Hello and welcome to the program. We begin in china where russias president and his chinese counterpart have promised to Work Together to combat what they say are Destructive And Hostile us policies
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