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The Government orders an investigation into the UK

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anti-doping agency, after a doctor claims he's supplied sports stars

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including Premier League footballers,

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Mark Bonar is filmed by the Sunday Times,

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offering to prescribe testosterone and growth hormones,

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Table topping Leicester City are among three Premier League clubs

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named by the newspaper, and they all strongly deny the allegations.

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Finding a buyer for the Port Talbot steel works.

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The Business Secretary hints there may be more financial help,

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Frankly I don't want to live in a country where we have to import

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all our steel and that's why we've been clear we'll do everything

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we can to keep steelmaking at Port Talbot and to help those workers.

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Despite the approaching deadline for the start of deportations

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from Greece, migrants and refugees keep coming.

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England suffer an agonising last over defeat to the West Indies,

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The World Anti-Doping Agency, has described newspaper allegations

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of drug-taking among elite British sports stars, as deeply unsettling.

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The comments come after a doctor's been filmed claiming to have

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provided performance enhancing drugs to top sports stars,

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including players at three Premier league clubs

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Dr Mark Bonar has denied any wrongdoing, but it's emerged tonight

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that he currently doesn't have a licence to practice medicine

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The football clubs say the claims are completely unfounded,

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and have no knowledge of any of their players being involved.

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Obviously, some of these treatments are used are banned on the

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professional circuit. So you have to be mindful of that. Having said

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that, I work with lots of professional athletes, who do use

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these treatments. Doctor Mark Bonar, court claiming to have helped scores

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of sports stars to cheat. Secretly filmed by the Sunday Times last

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year, the London based medic prescribes band performance

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enhancing drugs to athlete posing as a patient. If some idiot came into

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me and said why are you giving me BLEEP testosterone, I would say the

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normal range is 14 to 30 and he has levels which are sub optimal and I'd

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topped him up. That is not the real reason. He says he has worked with

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150 elite sports people, including boxes, sports stars, tennis players

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and cyclists. If you are football in your 30s, how are you going to keep

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up with an 18-year-old? There is no suggestion that any of the three

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Premier League clubs implicated are aware of any of the wrongdoing.

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Leicester City is one of those clubs, and today, fans at the match

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against other Lantern gave their reaction. Would definitely affect

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the fans. You would not want to be paying to see a sport which is not

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real. There are so much money today, never say never, but as things stand

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they have not found anything and we have got to continue and enjoy what

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we see in front of us. The newspaper investigation stems from information

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passed to the anti-doping agency two years ago by a whistle-blower

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athlete. It said it failed to act at the time because Mark Bonar was not

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governed why anyone sport. The Culture, Media and Sport Secretary

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John Whittingdale said he was shocked and deeply concerned by

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these allegations and has asked for an urgent independent investigation.

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He added doping could be made a criminal offence for athletes. I

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welcome the fact there will be an investigation into UK anti-doping,

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and if that leads to Maura bust procedures being put in place, more

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funding put in place, and hopefully at some stage, maybe leading towards

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the crewmen eyes Asian of steroid use in sports, all that is positive

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-- more robust procedures. Today, Mark Bonar's clinic terminated its

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agreement with him when it was revealed he does not currently have

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a license to practice UK medicine. In response to the allegations he

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said... These are unsubstantiated

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investigations. But they do raise questions about those tasked with

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protecting clean sport and the fear will be that amid a doping crisis,

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this could just be evidence that the range of sports afflicted is wider

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than previously thought. The suspicion currently hanging over the

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integrity of sport shows little sign of abating.

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The Business Secretary Sajid Javid, says the government is committed

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to making sure the Port Talbot steel works stays open,

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and that the government might offer support to entice a buyer.

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He said he didn't want to live in a country reliant

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Labour says the only solution to save the UK steel industry

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is public ownership, at least in the short term,

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Here's our political correspondent Carole Walker.

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Every penny and 2p piece in your pocket, contained steel from Port

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Talbot, one of the reasons steel is considered a vital strategic

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industry. But as the government prepared to put in money to save it?

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Frankly, I don't want to live in a country where we import all our

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steel, and that is why we will do everything we can to keep

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steel-making at Port Talbot and those workers. I want to find a

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buyer for the whole of the business. Of course, there will be helped that

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needs to be provided. Because we have been working on this for weeks,

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I have thought Frei carefully about the kind of help we can rely on. I

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understand the government has had preliminary talks about a buyer and

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there are plans for investment to make Port Talbot more modern. Other

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key issues are the plant or type of steel which is made, pensions have

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been set aside for future liabilities, and power, the steel

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industry wants more relief from energy taxes. The government have

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said they do not believe nationalisation as a viable solution

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for the steel industry, but the opposition says it should remain an

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option. If we have not got that timescale, then nationalised in the

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short-term, stabilise the sector and prepare the sector for putting it

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out to another buyer. That will give us the stability we need in the

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sector. If the government allows Port Talbot to close, it could cost

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us between one and one 5 billion to keep people on the dole and have

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economy collapse in those communities. Ministers say it will

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encourage councils and other public bodies to buy British steel for

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future building projects but many say the government has to do more.

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The size of the crisis and the severity of it means we need direct

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financial support from the government. That might only be in

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the short-term but without it, we have a very uncertain future. The

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formal bidding process for Port Talbot will open this week that time

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is tight if a buyer is to be found to save the business.

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I understand the steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has had talks with the

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government. A real concern for him and any other potential buyer will

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be the huge running costs of the old blast furnaces at Port Talbot. The

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government may well come under pressure to put up some cash, to

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modernise the plant, to give it a viable future. It is a complex

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process, but the pressure is on because Thapa has said it wants to

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find a buyer within weeks. Carole Walker, thank you.

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The Greek coastguard has rescued a boat full of migrants and refugees

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off the island of Lesbos, less than 24 hours before Athens

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is due to begin returning people who've no asylum claim,

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The returns are a key part of an agreement to stem the flow

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of migrants and refugees into Europe.

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They are still heading here. Every day, hundreds of refugees and

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migrants arrive on the Greek sure. Few know that their stay in Europe

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could be brief. I met this woman and her family from Damascus. She told

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me she wants to join her eldest son in Sweden and she is full of smiles

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and hope. But from tomorrow, migrants will be sent back from here

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across the sea, as the new EU deal with Turkey is implemented. May be

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no, please. We have some dreams. Just across the harbour, Turkish

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berries are already in place for the deportations. Greece says first to

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go will be those who have not claimed asylum. But at the camp

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where all migrants are now detained, there is little information about

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what is planned, only rumours. Men, women and children are crammed in

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here, and they are worried and confused. When I found Rada again,

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she was distraught. Her family are sleeping in the open here. As for

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requesting asylum, she does not even know what that is. How are you

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feeling? Happy. You do not look as happy as you were yesterday. She is

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crying all the time. The evening brought more exhausted arrivals.

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Many of them were children. People are coming in here every day to

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Greece. People being helped to shore by the volunteers, starting to smile

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as they realise they are safe now. Whatever the politicians have

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agreed, it is clear there are still plenty of people willing to make

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this journey, just hoping they can move on from here to a better life

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in Europe. From tomorrow, the tough new rules could deter them. The EU

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says it is about ensuring safer ways to seek asylum. People here just

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feel the door to Europe is slamming shut.

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Police are investigating death threats made against a human rights

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lawyer, who spoke out after the murder of a shopkeeper in Glasgow.

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Aamer Anwar who lives in Glasgow, said he received the threats,

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after calling for unity within Scotland's Muslim community.

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The funeral took place yesterday of Asad Shah,

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who was stabbed in an attack outside his shop in the city.

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A man has appeared in court charged with murder.

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One of two women jailed for drug smuggling in Peru has spoken for the

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first time about what she called her moment of madness.

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Michaela McCollum was arrested at Lima Airport in August 2013,

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with 11 kilogrammes of cocaine in her luggage.

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McCollum was released from jail on parole on Thursday.

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2013, this was the day Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid found they

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would be spending six years in prison having pleaded guilty to drug

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smuggling. However, new legislation has led to Michaella McCollum's

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early release. She remains on parole and has given her first interview

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since leaving jail. It feels like a dream, that it is not real. It feels

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like I will wake up at any moment and be back in the nightmare. I was

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so naive. Very young. Very insecure. I did not know how to say no to

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anybody. I just followed along with it. I guess part of me wanted to be

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something that I was not. The two women were caught at Lima airport 11

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kilos of cocaine were found in food packet. Michaella McCollum says she

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now realises the damage her actions could have caused. Obviously, I

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realise the harm I have done so much suffering I have caused to my family

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and myself. I thought, if the drugs had have got back, what would have

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happened? I probably would have had a lot of blood on my hands. The

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amount of families that would have ruined, I did that, I caused that

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destruction to society. I made a decision in a moment of madness. I

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am not a bad person. I want to demonstrate I am a good person. It

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is understood Michaella McCollum will not be free to leave Peru for

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some time under the conditions of her parole. Melissa Reid who wants

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to serve some of her time in Scotland, remains in jail.

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With all the sport, here's Ore Oduba at the BBC Sport Centre.

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West Indies are the T20 cricket World Champions for a second time

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after beating England in a sensational final.

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The trophy looked to be heading England's way before an explosive

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last over turned the match on its head, ensuring the day

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Our correspondent Joe Wilson was watching in Kolkata.

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You can carry one team in your heart, and where another on your

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cheek. In truth, most people here had bought tickets for the big

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occasion, expecting to watch India. But now they are here, they may as

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well cheer. England have made a big oppression, all the way to 40 overs

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of floodlit theory. In other words, the final. For Jason Roy, it lasted

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two balls. So often, Joe Root seems to bat on a different level. With

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him though, England still had measured hopes of a big score. But

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on 54, Joe Root lost his radar and his wicket and the West Indies did

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not hold back. Both teams knew how much that meant. England finished.

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The match was not finished, neither was Joe Root. He took two wickets,

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including the big one. Chris Gayle gone. England stayed in control to

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the last over, when the West Indies needed 19 to win. Now watch the most

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staggering hitting in the most extraordinary circumstances cricket

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has witnessed. Carlos Brathwaite hit the first of four balls, four sixes

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in a row. Stokes could not be consoled. Increasingly around the

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world is this form of cricket, 2020, which drives the whole sport. Over

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the course of this tournament, England have rescued their

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credibility. But raising credibility is not the same as lifting the

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trophy. That honour belonged to the West Indies.

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West Indies women made it a World T20 double after victory

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The match was also decided in the final over,

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as the West Indies secured an eight wicket win with three balls to spare

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and lifted their first ever World T20 trophy.

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On this day a year ago, Leicester City were seven points

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adrift in the Premier League relegation zone.

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Today, after a 1-0 win over Southampton, they sit seven points

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clear at the top and even closer to a first title.

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Tim Hague reports on the latest chapter of their remarkable story.

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Another day of celebration for Leicester City. And let's be honest,

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their supporters have had more than a birthday to sing about this

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season. The next stop on their amazing journey, Southampton at

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home. They should have led when Sadio Mane went clear through. He

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was denied by a handball. While Leicester were pushing theirs,

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Captain Morgan, Wes Morgan, led by example. Lester's first attempt on

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target, this fairy tale does not look like ending. It got even

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better, an outrageous own goal prevented by the flying Fraser

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Forster. How did he stop it and how did Danny Simpson miss it? But don't

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be nervous, young man. Lester do not win by more than one these days.

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Three victories in a row, make that four now. The scarves are ready and

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this team looks more than ready. Meanwhile Manchester United

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boosted their Champions League hopes Anthony Martial with the winner,

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scoring United's one thousandth In the Scottish Premiership,

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Aberdeen All the goals coming in the first

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half as Aberdeen closed the gap Nico Rosberg made it two wins out

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of two as Lewis Hamilton let another pole position slip

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at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Formula One world champion

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was overtaken by his Mercedes teammate, before a collision

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at the first corner Hamilton recovered to finish third,

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while Rosberg claimed a first

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