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40 years on from Thrilla in Manila
Football
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri is speaking to the press as we type. BBC Radio Leicester are there for us, and here's what the Italian had to say about Jamie Vardy who is in the England squad announced today.
Tennis
Britain's Johanna Konta has lost 4-6 6-3 7-5 to former world number one Venus Williams in a thriller in the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open.
Konta had won 21 of her last 22 matches and despite the loss is set to become British number one.
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Southampton manager Ronald Koeman says his side need to improve on last week's win over Swansea when they visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday to take on Chelsea.
"We have to play on a higher level than last weekend because Chelsea will punish you," says the Dutchman. "They have a fast transition and you have to play good counter-attacking football. In all aspects we have to do it better than last week.
"Maybe defensively they have lost a bit but still they are very strong and they have the quality and the players to give a good reaction."
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This morning, Nigel Mansell was asked by BBC Radio 4's Garry Richardson if he had four weeks to practice in Lewis Hamilton’s car, how fast could he drive that car and how competitive would he be in a race now?
“I’d get very close to his (Hamilton) time if not do an identical time," said Mansell. "I won’t be bold and say I’d be quicker but I’d get down to his time pretty quick. The thing is you can do it for a few laps but when you get old you can’t sustain it lap after lap.
"But in a race, with a bit of training, give me more than a few weeks, give me a few months. And if the body would allow it I think we could, in that car, certainly get on the podium and have a bit of fun.”
Boxing
If you, like many of us, are too young to remember the iconic Thrilla in Manila fight which happened on this day in 1975, it's worth reading Kevin Mitchell's excellent feature on the bout in today's Guardian.
The headline says it all: 'Thrilla In Manila: 40 years on from sanctioned manslaughter in boxing'.
Read it here., external
Image source, PAEnd of an era at Lord's
Rugby World Cup
England v Wales was always going to be a tense watch. But injured scrum-half Rhys Webb had a novel way of distracting himself from the drama at Twickenham last weekend.
He did what we would all do and took his gran's mobility scooter for a spin. Watch him explain all here.
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Very good, Thomas...
They don't do sport like they used to: Thrilla in Manila, Rumble in the Jungle...
But what are your all-time favourites when it comes to naming an event?
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On this day
The fight: Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier. The venue: Araneta Coliseum, Manila. The date: October 1, 1975. The legacy: Timeless.
It's 40 years to the day since the Thrilla in Manila between arguably the greatest heavyweights of all time - the mercurial Ali and the wrecking ball Frazier giving fans around the world 14 rounds of sport at its most distastefully compelling.
Ali won the contest after Frazier's trainer decided enough was enough prior to the 15th round. Fifteen rounds? Imagine today's heavyweights trying to get as far as that.
Football
One of the players included in the England Under 21 squad, external to face Kazakhstan is Sunderland's Duncan Watmore, who is balancing a burgeoning Premier League career with the pressures of a university degree.
The 21-year-old son of former son of former FA chief executive Ian Watmore will graduate from his Economics and Business Management course in December after three years' study.
BBC Sport's David Ornstein meets last season's Under 21 Premier League player of the season who scored in his first league appearance for the Black Cats.
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Yarmouth racecourse has been forced to abandon its final two meetings for 2015 after fears about the condition of the track.
Two riders were unseated during the three-day festival last month following heavy rain. Work had been carried out last winter to improve the surface.
Glen Tubby, Yarmouth's executive director, said: "The track did not perform as we would have hoped in September given the challenging weather during the month. We are undertaking remedial work to address the areas of concern to enable us to be ready for racing for the start of Great Yarmouth's 2016 season."
Full refunds will be made to those with tickets to the fixtures on October 20 and October 27.
Football
Image source, AFPNetherlands coach Danny Blind is in a no-win situation as he attempts to resurrect his side’s European Championship hopes, according to Frank de Boer.
The Dutch are in very real danger of failing to qualify after losses to Iceland and Turkey.
Former Netherlands international De Boer told BBC World Football that he cannot see a positive outcome for Blind whether the Dutch make it to France or not.
Football
If you're not football-ed out (is that even possible?), you'll be well up for tonight's Europa League fixtures.
Tottenham kick us off when they visit Monaco at 18:00 BST, while Celtic and Liverpool play Fenerbache and FC Sion respectively. Those two kick off at 20:05 BST.
Formula 1
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari has announced his retirement from motor racing at the age of 25 to follow a career in music.
The Spaniard left F1 at the end of 2011 then raced in the Formula E electric series. He fainted after the event in Moscow in June and pulled out from the final races in London on health grounds.
Algeursuari, who composes music and DJs, said: "I could continue competing but I'm stopping," adding that he had no concerns about his health. "I could stay just for the money but I need a change. What makes me happy is music, I am going to make music.
"Something inside me says it's the moment to take a different path because I think I have fallen out of love with this girlfriend who has been with me all these years."
Football
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Watford striker Troy Deeney is hoping the questions about when he scores his first goal will end soon.
He's yet to hit the target this season and has likened it to a golfer trying to win his first major:
"The Jason Day effect... hopefully if I get one I get three or four pretty quick," said Deeney. "The more people ask the more irrelevant it’s becoming. For me the main thing is the gaffer respects what I'm doing and the players respect what I'm doing. I'm in the top five for assists as well so I'm not doing too bad.
"When it does come it might be a Leicester moment; take my shirt off and jump in the crowd to make sure everyone knows I'm happy because everyone seems to think I'm unhappy because I haven't scored."
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Here's a bit more on the Australia cricket team's decision not to tour Bangladesh because of security concerns. Chief executive James Sutherland said: "This has been a very difficult decision. Following the most recent information from Australian Government agencies and our own security advisors, we have decided that, regrettably, we have no alternative but to postpone the tour.
“We had hoped that the security concerns would fade, but unfortunately the advice we have received from government, our own security experts and independent security advisors has clearly indicated that there are now high risks to our people should they make the trip.
“We have worked tirelessly to try to find a way for the tour to proceed, but in the end it was simply not possible."
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Juliette Ferrington
BBC Sport
Chris Coleman's smile got bigger and bigger throughout his 21 minute news conference as he talked about how Wales hope to come back from Bosnia 'with the goodies' and finish their European qualifying campaign in front of a sell-out crowd in Cardiff.
Relief as well with positive news coming out of Real Madrid that Gareth Bale is back in training and hopeful of playing some part in the Madrid derby on Sunday night.
"That derby game is a tough one," said Coleman. "I spoke to Baley about it and he said it was incredible. If he does start or comes on maybe that's a good game for him. It'll be frantic.
"I'll be watching it. Bale is a machine. He's an unbelievable athlete and I'm quite sure whatever they have to throw at him he'll be able to handle it. I'm not worried about the physical hits, I just hope that he's fully recovered from his injury."
Phew. A busy hour there. Here's a rundown of the top lines from the past 60 minutes (the time of entry is in brackets if you want to read up on them again).
Tennis
Things are going better for Britain's Johanna Konta against Venus Williams in the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open.
Having lost the first set 6-4 she has broken her opponent in the second and leads 4-3.
Follow the latest via the BBC Sport website.