07/05/2016 Saturday Sportsday

Hello, and welcome to the BBC Sport Centre.

We look ahead to what is a huge fight for boxer Amir Khan tonight.

We'll also be previewing the fencers going on the attack

at the Rio Olympics, but first let's take a look

at what else is hitting the sporting headlines today.

After Leicester's title triumph, it's easy to forget there's

still plenty to play for as the football

Not least in the Championship where Middlesbrough and Brighton go

head to head to secure the final automatic promotion place

and the huge financial rewards Premier league football will bring.

Brighton must win, failure to do so, will send Middlesbrough up.

Andy Murray is continuing the defence of his Madrid Masters

title, as he faces Rafa Nadal in the semifinals.

Murray is on the brink of taking the first set.

Also looking to successfully defend his title is Rory Mcilroy

who is within six shots of the lead after the second round of the Wells

The World Number three finished on two under at the halfway stage.

It is like night tonight for Amir Khan in what is being billed as the

biggest bout of his career. He takes on Alvarez in Las Vegas for the WBC

title. The result of which will have a huge bearing on just how his

career will be remembered. Mike Costello went to join him in

training. A year ago no one had even heard of

this little fellow, and here he is on the top of the world. I want

people to know me. I want fame. I want to be one of the greatest

legends in boxing. It has been a long and sometimes bumpy road to

Amir Khan city won a silver medal at the Olympic Games at the age of 17.

12 years on I have come to meet him in training in San Francisco as he

prepares for the biggest fight in his professional career against the

world middleweight champion Alvarez of Mexico will stop -- Mexico. You

knew what you in for when you woke up, how does it feel? I knew it was

going to be a hard session. I have done a lot of training in my days.

This has to be one of the hardest work out in the morning, especially

when you have just got out of bed. A couple of hours

when you have just got out of bed. A and it is deeper than a normal

beach. Your leg gets stuck. Your sand is up to your knee -- the sand.

What kind of athlete is he? Ferrari. He is fast and he can handle the

corner very He is fast and he can handle the

was keen on the fight? I was. Initially I didn't like it.

Justifiably. Size is different. For why, what? Who was it, what was it,

in the end, that convinced you? Amir . I asked why he wanted it. It is a

global fight. Not just big in England. It is big around the world.

He has never been an underdog. The only time he was an underdog was

once before. That was the Olympic Games. He proved everybody wrong. He

is the underdog on the 7th of May. He will prove everybody wrong again.

is the underdog on the 7th of May. He is a monster. He is a tough guy.

He is a puncher with speed and power. The only reason I'm taking it

is because I want to make history and I know I can beat him. If you

want to hear more from him, there is a special documentary, The Rise Of

Khan, on iPlayer. Having qualified in 2012 as the host nation the foil

team secured their place in the year with a nice place finish at the

World Cup in February. For one of the team named this week, fencing is

a real family affair as we British fencing is in rude health.

They have a serious contender for a medal this summer. Lawrence and the

rest of the British team went to the Olympics four years ago but this

time it means more, qualifying by right instead of being given a place

as the host. -- Laurence. Since we became professional, we have been

able to compete with the rest of the world. An amount of that

professional training, now we can start to smash them. Fencing is in

the Halsted blood, with both his parents competing in the past. The

first time as a team. The first British team since 1992. It makes a

difference. I know my father would have been proud. Probably as proud

the first time, but just to come through that, to have driven this

team towards another qualification, I can imagine very clearly how

pleased he would have been. Two generations of Olympians in the same

family is an achievement in itself, but if Laurence can surpass his

parents and win a medal, his family's legacy will be assured.

As a childfree illegally wanted to play for Arsenal but those dreams

were ended when she was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. -- Frea

Levy. But she now has a number route, wheelchair basketball. --

another route. I started playing rugby, as soon as I could walk. I

was interested in playing football for Arsenal. Faye White was my hero

and I had a goal to play for Arsenal. I had weakness in my

shoulder. The GPs put it down to just pain from playing sport. It

became incredibly painful. And on the 21st of September we got the

diagnosis of muscle dystrophy. It was a big issue for my mum. A

distressing time for her because I was a baby and I am the youngest.

How important was sport to you at that time and finding a new focus?

It was massive. To all of my friends I was Frea in a wheelchair, but when

I started wheelchair basketball everybody was in the wheelchair. She

has started a bit late to make the Rio Olympics, but her talent has not

gone unnoticed. And she has been chosen by Michael Johnson to train

at his academy in the USA this month. She will also help to create

a project which will assist other disabled people. She is very aware

of other people who may have similar situations to hers. She wants to

help these young folks to get on a track to success for themselves,

whether it be in sport, if they have the athletic ability to do that as

athletes, coaches, she just needs the opportunity to get that project

going. His performance Centre in Dallas has people training for the

NBA draft. As a basketball fan and a fan of the MDA it is exciting to be

in that environment. How much does it make you want to compete? -- NBA.

He cannot get higher than that. It is great to have Great Britain on

the front, Levy on the back, and to say thank you to my mum, it is a

dream. Amazing story. Middlesbrough have taken an early lead against

Brighton at the Riverside, which means they are on course to get that

second automatic promotion spot to the Premier League. Burley are also

in the lead, meaning they will be promoted -- Burnley. It is goodbye

for now from me and the rest of the team.