runner—up places in each of the five pools. james degale retained his ibf world super middleweight title in the early hours of this morning in new york but the fight between degale and badou jack ended in a controversial draw. degale began the fight strongly, knocking jack down in the first round and was the busier fighter over the next couple of rounds. but he showed signs of slowing in the fourth and fifth, where this happened. the referee taking a surprise left hook. jack is known for strong finishes and that's exactly what happened this morning. he knocked degale down in the final round. the judges took a long time to come to a decision eventually declaring it a majority draw. both men go home with their respective world title belts. he's not unbelievable. he's good at everything. i need to watch it back. everyone said it was a mad fight to watch, i showed a lot of heart. that was hard. i do not want too many of them. i enjoyed it though, that is the sick thing. after that interview degale was taken to hospital as a precaution. he has since tweeted. as his promoter explains, th

team and that's the important thing. boxing now, and james degale retained his ibf world super middleweight title overnight in new york. the fight between degale and badou jack ended in a controversial draw. degale began the fight strongly, knocking jack down in the first round. he was the busier fighter over the next couple of rounds. but he showed signs of slowing down in the fourth and fifth, where this happened. the referee taking a surprise left hook. jack is known for strong finishes. that's what happened after that incident. he knocked degale down. the judges took quite a long time to come to a decision. they declared it a majority draw. both men go home with their respective world belts. it is not unbelievable. he is good at everything. i need to watch it back. everyone said it was a mad fight to watch, i showed a lot of heart. i showed a lot of grit. i do not want too many of them. i enjoyed it though, that is the sick thing. after that interview, degale was taken to hospital as a precaution. but he's since tweeted this, saying: but as his promoter eddie hearn explains

. british boxer james degale takes on badou jack in a super—middleweight unification bout. jack, who is swedish but based in america, is the wbc champ. degale is the ibf champ. since he has won his world title he's improved every single time. if iam not100%, he's improved every single time. if i am not 100%, if i am not on the ball on saturday it is possible i could lose but i have covered all bases, i've covered everything. so it should be a good fight, a fair fight, but i am going to be the winner. more about the fight from mike costello who is that the weigh in with kell brook the ibf welterweight champion. this venue is the fight venue, james degale and badou jack will walk to the rink tomorrow evening, with me another world champion, kell brook who won the welterweight crown in the usa. it's a big moment forjames degale, how will it go? i think it will be a very hard, tough fight but james will have to be sharper than an arrow from round one to around 12 to ta ke arrow from round one to around 12 to take the title. here is where you won your world title, they've called in the rogue

degale wants to prove he is "one of the best fighters in the world" in his unification bout with badou jack in brooklyn. good evening. welcome to sportsday. plenty to come, including details on how two bad boys in claret and blue stole the headlines in their premier league matches. but first to tottenham. .. second in the table this evening after another impressive victory. this time 4—0 against west brom. a harry kane hat trick has lifted them above liverpool who play on sunday. and to within four points of leaders chelsea. azi farni reports. tottenham started the day looking for their sixth league win in a row, with dele alli looking to continue his rich vein of form. but it was his england team—mate and new father harry kane who opened the scoring, a man whose spurs fans call one of their own, celebrating his first goals after having one of his own. spurs looked capable of goals with every attack. they soon made it 2—0, with a shot deflected off gareth mcauley into the back of his own net. the game took an unfortunate twist, when tottenham defender jan vertonghen turned his an

degale wants to prove he is "one of the best fighters in the world" in his unification bout with badou jack in brooklyn. good evening. welcome to sportsday. having a disagreement with a star player doesn't seem to be much of a distraction any more. we'll tell you about west ham without dmitri in a moment. but first, chelsea without diego. yes, diego costa wasn't included in the premier league leaders‘ squad for the match tonight at champions leicester. but they still won of the blue. by 3—0. adam wild reports. —— they still won co mforta bly. wild reports. —— they still won comfortably. no diego costa. whilst his future remains uncertain, they have taken subregion for elsewhere. still, it seems they are quick learners. less than three —— six minutes before marcos alonso put them ahead. the attention may be on what is happening up front, but at the back, matters are equally important. courtois was by blinky being that lead. the opener came from an unlikely source. by the time the second arrived, it was alonso again, this time with the help of a deflection. he almos

for nine. jason roy and joe root are at the crease. boxing now, and james degale was taken to hospital as a precaution after he retained his ibf world super middleweight title overnight in new york. the fight between degale and badou jack ended in a controversial draw. degale began the fight strongly, knocking jack down in the first round. but jack is known for strong finishes and that's exactly what happened this morning. he knocked degale down in the final round. the judges took a long time to come to a decision, eventually declaring it a majority draw. both men go home with their respective world title belts. james degale has tweeted since being in hospital and he has said he has a burst eardrum and a front tooth has been knocked out. he has been talking about what might happen next and his promoter has explained that to us. the wbc will send out a letter on monday to badu jack to say, you have to start negotiations. we have got him cornered. i think he will 0k we have got him cornered. i think he willok at, i we have got him cornered. i think he will 0k at, i do. i think i

first one day one day international in india, despitejoining up with the squad late. and james degale wants to prove he is "one of the best fighters in the world" in his unification bout with badou jack in brooklyn. good evening. welcome to sportsday. having a disagreement with a star

and james degale meet in a super middleweight unification title bout in new york on saturday. the vacant ring title belt means three belts in total will be on the line. the 33—year—old swedish fighterjack has held the wbc title since 2015, and has 20 wins, with just the one loss and two draws, knocking out 12 opponents, while british boxer degale, who turns 31 next month, has a record of 23 and one, with 14 knockouts. sometimes i think i don't really get the credit that i deserve. 0lympic, british, european, world champion, andi british, european, world champion, and i am part of the unified division. so yes, this is a massive fight. i division. so yes, this is a massive fight. i trained extremely hard, and its time. it is literally round the corner how. its time. it is literally round the corner now. so i can't wait. you've got three belts on the line. you've got three belts on the line. you've got legacy, the best 168 pounder in the world after this fight. so you you can't get no bigger than this. nba commissioner adam silver believes president—elect donald trump will be g

crease. boxing now, and james degale has been taken to hospital as a precaution after he retained his ibf world super middleweight title overnight in new york. it came after a controversial draw with fellow world champion badou jack. degale began the fight strongly, knocking jack down in the first round, butjack came back, causing the londoner a lot of problems, and degale was knocked down himself in the final round. the judges took a long time to come to a decision, eventually declaring it a majority draw. both men go home with their respective world title belts, and although degale was disappointed, he says he wasn't overawed by his opponent. it is not unbelievable. he is good at everything. i need to watch it back. everyone said it was a mad fight to watch, i showed a lot of heart. that was hard. i do not want too many of them. i enjoyed it though, that is the sick thing. lisa ashton has become bdo world darts champion for the third time after a comfortable win in the women's final at lakeside. ashton beat the australian corrinne hammond 3—0 to add to the world titles she won

thing. boxing now, and james degale has been taken to hospital as a precaution after he retained his ibf world super middleweight title overnight in new york, but only after a controversial draw with fellow world champion badou jack. degale began the fight strongly, knocking jack down in the first round. but jack came back, causing the londoner a lot of problems, and degale was knocked down himself in the final round. and after taking a long time, thejudges decided by a majority decision that it was a draw. both men go home with their respective world title belts. wasps have managed to keep alive their hopes of reaching the quarter—finals of rugby union's european champions cup but they left it late before beating toulouse 17—14. elliott daly scored wasps's first try before toulouse were awarded a penalty try. the french side were leading until the final 58 seconds of the game, when dan robson forced his way across the line. wasps are second in pool two with one group game left. leicester tigers‘ can't reach the knockout stages, after they were beaten 34—3 away at racing 92. this

potential issue. we have got coastal surge, coupled with a full moon, and strong degale pearls —— strong degale force winds. and the wind is north—westerly so it will be better out there, a cold and raw day. this evening and overnight, clear skies, temperatures will fall away quite sharply. again we could see some sleet and snow showers, rushing down through the cheshire gap towards the midlands, you could get a dusting. towns and city centres, temperatures below freezing, so really bitterly cold in rural spots. they began to -10 cold in rural spots. they began to —10 where we have got some snow in scotland. some snow showers across the east coast tomorrow afternoon, but they are being driven from the west so they will be rain primarily there. relatively cold, but an indication of something milder coming in from the south—west. these were fronts are moving in from the atlantic, they will introduce mild air but they are also going to introduce rain. it'll be a cloudy and drizzly affair. that is positive. 10 degrees. more detail throughout the morning. stay tuned for the flood line i

is the politics of degalles back in the earlier years or some years ago, where he seemed to use the opportunities for the d-day landings, as they called them. they didn't call them an invasion. he didn't call them liberation. they called them the landings. de gaulle influenced the post war era of anti-american speeches, because he stirred up french nationalism and talked about french resistance as being so important. and you all have already heard in our earlier discussions yesterday about the different elements of french nationalism and the communist or the left wing of that. so, there was an example there. and then in the broader sense, too, the idealized treatments, you might call the american interpretation -- it goes into our very dna as a country, when you think about the american spirit. and d-day reflects much of our own thoughts going back even to the writings of our founding fathers or lincoln at gettysburg or roosevelt for freedom speech and then the atlantic charter that followed that. so there is a contextual continuity in the very spirit and soul of america that we try

scotland we are looking at gus degale even severe gales. it will be a windy night across—the—board especially from north wales, norfolk, north was —— looking at gusts to gales. elsewhere, higher levels of the m62 might be affected, and through the course of tomorrow strong winds will be an issue and might lead to travel disruption. tomorrow it will be colder for us all. the weather fronts tomorrow it will be colder for us all. the weatherfronts pushing tomorrow it will be colder for us all. the weather fronts pushing to the new continent. there will be some sunshine but with the cold air we will see an increasing wintry showers. even at levels across scotland, and the hills across england, wales and northern ireland. it is still going to be windy tomorrow. as we head on into thursday you can see the strong wind from these isobars in the north of the country. first eight also brings low pressure. this area of low pressure is giving us such a headache. what we think of the moment will happen is as it comes across southern counties it will engage with the cold air. that combinatio