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The klopp era is over at liverpool its an emotional end to the season at anfield. Also coming up on sportsday. Celtic have completed a league double, with their womens Team Champions of scotland for the first time. And Max Verstappen is back on the top step, holding off a late charge from lando norris to win the Emilia Romagna grand prix. Hello there, welcome along. Manchester city have made history, the first side in the top division of english football to win four titles in a row. There were a few nerves, but their 3 1 win over west ham meant that arsenals late winner over everton couldnt stop them sealing another title. City decade of dominance continues, thats 8 premier League Crowns in 13 seasons. Joe lynskey reports on how the title was won on the final day. Th ....
us but, tomorrow, rain to start the day and clearing away quickly for scotland and northern ireland, a fine day here and a sunny skies chase outwards across much of england and wales. however, the rain could be quite reluctant to clear away from south india and south east england where it could still be damp in the afternoon. temperatures similar to today, 10 14 but feeling a little fresher. high pressure is to the west of the uk on wednesday, mostly fine with some sunshine but scotland turns cloudier. a week where the uk on wednesday, mostly fine with some sunshine but scotland turns cloudier. a weak weather front will bring some 11 14 but, later in the week, we will start to see some colder air arrive. otherwise, the weather will not change a great deal. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me. on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, i m olly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. it s on! thejoshua an ....
Mitchell Smith is looking to make his boxing comeback this year as he plans to leave a torrid time behind him. Photo Credit: britishboxers Roll back the clock to 2015, Mitchell Smith had received the Young Fighter of The Year Award from the British based, Boxing Writer’s Club. Smith had joined an illustrious group that included the likes of Joe Calzaghe, Barry McGuigan, Naseem Hamed and Ricky Hatton that held this prestigious award. At 13-0, having already claimed the English and WBO Intercontinental titles, Smith’s stock was riding high along with his WBO world ranking. A defeat to George Jupp at the end of 2015 led to a series of well-publicised events that have seen Mitchell Smith out of the ring for nearly four years. ....
Joe Erskine too small to be great Joe Erskine was one of the most gifted British boxers of his day, but was held back by a lack of size and punch power at heavyweight THE birth of the cruiserweight division in the late 1970s and early ‘80s was a boon for boxers too large for light-heavy but too small to make it on to the world stage as a heavyweight. Spare a thought, though, for the countless ‘inbetweeners’ who predated the division’s inception and were often forced to face bigger, harder-hitting men. There are numerous small heavies from boxing’s annals who one could argue would have been world class if only cruiserweight had existed in their time. One whom the current 14st 4lb (200lb) weight limit would have suited to a tee was Cardiff’s Joe Erskine. At 5ft 11ins and typically scaling under 200lbs, Joe was just too small and did not hit hard enough to take on the world’s best in boxing’s beef brigade. But he was good enough to win British and Empire h ....