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Christmas is a busy time for sport, so, while you may be settled on the

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server, we have got a festive feast for you today, looking ahead to the

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highlights over the holidays. This is Saturday Sportsday.

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Cardiff have to put their managerial drama behind them for the next

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couple of hours. They have just kicked off their Premier League

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match against Liverpool, we will update you throughout the show.

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Meanwhile, the Ashes are already Australia's but as we sleep of the

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Christmas dinner England's cricketers will hope that luck has

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changed when the fourth test starts in Melbourne. No funding for

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volleyball animal in the UK so if you want to play at a top level you

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have to head to Europe. We meet a player who has moved to Liverpool

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for her sport. And South America prepares to host the Paralympic

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games for the first time, find out how Rio celebrated with 1000 days to

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go. But before we go to Olympia for the season finale to the equestrian

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yet, let's have a look at some headlines.

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Scotland's Michael Jamieson won the 200 metre breaststroke to give

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Europe the lead in the Duel In The Pool. America had been favourite to

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win, but it is 68-54 to Europe going into today's races.

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Edinburgh held on to beat Pro12 champions Leinster at Murrayfield.

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11-60 Final Score. And Phil "The Power" Taylor is out of the World

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Championship, beaten by Michael Smith.

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The London International Horse Show at Olympia reaches its climax this

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weekend. We have already seen Charlotte Dujardin set a new

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dressage world record, a hard-fought, high-flying Puissance

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class, and today the world's best show-jumpers fight it out. Lizzie

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Greenwood Hughes is there for us. A pile of horse poo, lots of tinsel

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in the middle of London, it can only mean one thing, the London

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International Horse Show, where, for one week every year, the world 's

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best show-jumping and dressage rider flock to the capital for the autumn

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at equestrian Christmas party. You have got the Shetlands, the dogs

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jumping, but for me it is about the top sport and then mayor has been

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writing here for many years. You are part of the Renaissance of British

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show-jumping, one of the European champions. British show-jumping

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could not be healthier at the moment? No, it is a great sport and

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hopefully we will bring it back to where it was 20 or 30 years ago. It

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is back on TV a lot more now, where it belongs. Until recently I would

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be introducing new as the world number one but a certain Scotsman

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has just stolen your crown? I managed to top it three or four

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months ago but Scott overtook me a few weeks ago. We tour every week

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together and he kept fighting away and got me just before this show but

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it is a great rivalry and good for the sport. And that rivalry will

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continue with the World Cup qualifier, did a class here at

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Olympia. What are your chances? Hopefully good, it is a new bunch of

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horses, my horse has been on rest this week. Your Olympic course? Yes,

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he won here two years ago so hopefully we can produce a good

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performance. If you want to watch them taking on the world 's best

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show-jumpers here, it is live on BBC One. Give it a chance, it is on from

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1:45pm with Claire Balding. Not much cause for celebration

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amongst England's cricketers. The future of coach Andy flower hangs in

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the balance. England have to regroup if they want to avoid a white wash

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down under. Dan Bowman is in Melbourne head of the fourth test,

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which starts on business night. The build-up has begun to one of the

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most iconic, famous fixtures, not just in cricket but in the whole of

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sport. The Boxing Day test match, here in Melbourne. Before this Ashes

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series many predicted it would be a pivotal match between two evenly

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balanced teams. How wrong they were. The Ashes have already been won by

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Australia and all England have two play for now is pride. They will be

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desperate to avoid a 5-0 whitewash. Tim Bresnan, one of the bowlers who

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has suffered in Perth, is saying there is plenty at stake. I don't

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think it is a dead test match. We are looking to make it three - D.

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That is still on the cards for us. The Ashes have gone but we are

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playing for pride. Most of the guys are up for the Test match, Boxing

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Day in Melbourne, you do not get bigger than that. There is no doubt

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England face a dilemma. Do they experiment with new younger players

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with an eye on 2015, the next Ashes series in England, or take a more

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pragmatic approach and remain loyal to players who have served them well

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in recent years? There is no doubt there is pressure on the basis of

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men like Graeme Swann, even Kevin Pietersen, Anderson perhaps as well.

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Whatever they do, there is no doubt they desperately need a boost here.

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After the Olympics, funding for volleyball in the UK was stopped and

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the Team GB's squads were disbanded. Players have had to look elsewhere

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for their sport. Hero Michael has moved to Italy and is a rare British

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player on the European circuit. Welcome to the home of British

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volleyball. It does not look British, because it isn't. This is

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Italy, the new home of Kira Michael, one of the few British

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professional players left a year and a half after these historic scenes

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at London 2012. Within months of winning an Olympic game for the

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first time, the British team was shut down. Our team was disbanded.

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There is no longer a GB women's volleyball team, just a group of

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friends, really now. Most of the players have retired earlier than

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they would have liked to. This goes everywhere with me. At six foot

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five, Michael has signed up as a middle blocker for the team in this

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town near Milan. They play in the champions league, one of the top

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competitions in the world. Michael, who grew up in Somerset before

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learning volleyball in Miami and Australia, is the first British

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player ever to reach this level. There is a really passionate fan

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base, a really similar atmosphere to 2012 where the home crowd was

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excited to be there. Now there is no Team GB to aim for, failure is like

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Michael almost all that is left to inspire British children to try

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possible. There are not many outlets for playing volleyball in England.

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The exposure of other sport is greater that kids don't necessarily

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know this is an opportunity, something to strive for. I remember

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reading a quote before London 2012, I wrote it down in my notebook and

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try to read it every day of the Olympics: Every member of team GB

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has the responsibility to inspire a nation. I really would like to think

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that I can inspire kids by being here.

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When it comes to transatlantic competitions, Europe has been doing

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pretty well of late. Europe's golfers beat America in the men's

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Ryder Cup, and the women's Solheim Cup. Now it is the swimmers' turn to

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take on the USA. And, after day one, Europe are leading the Duel In The

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Pool. Fran Halsall swan the final leg in the relay victory last night,

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while Michael Jamieson won the 200 metre breaststroke in front of his

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home crowd in Glasgow. It was important for me to get the

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win, with the home crowd, so I am delighted. Overall, I am in good

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form in the past couple of weeks, I have been posting test times which

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is good, I am where I want to be head of the games. It was a surprise

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to win the relay because the Americans are so strong and the

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depth in their team is incredible, so to take them on at night and come

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out with a win is quite a big deal and a bit of a shock. The

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competition continues today. 2014 promises to be a big year for

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Brazil. The World Cup kicks off there in June. And already the hype

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is building ahead of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Rio

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celebrated 1,000 days until the start of the Paralympics earlier

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this month, and Stuart Pollitt was there.

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Paralympic and is that you gave to the world fleet of speed, endurance,

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dexterity and skill many did not think possible. Record crowds,

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record coverage, record performances. How can the

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Paralympics follow this? I have heard that so many times, we will

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never repeat Beijing. We always achieve that. For me, I never look

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at it like that. Paralympics begin here in Rio in 1000 days. This lake

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will host the running and the canoe. Before then, Brazil has the

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small matter of putting on a World Cup and Olympic Games. The challenge

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for the Paralympics, though, is not to build the arenas on time, but to

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persuade the Brazilian people to fill them. Are you confident you

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will sell all of the tickets for the games? Yes, we are working a lot to

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prepare to have all the tickets sold. Athletes like Alan Olivero

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will help sell the tickets. The man who beat Oscar Pistorius in London

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2012 is Brazil's gift Olympic star and he was the main attraction at

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the country's annual Paralympic awards. I feel the responsibility of

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being one of the faces of the game. I am prepared for that. It will be

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really good idea time the games come. Raised flags and raised

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expectations for change at this rehab centre on the outskirts of

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Rio, where they are marking 1000 days until the start of the

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Paralympics. They have to do a lot to be a more inclusive city, for

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more accessibility. That is what we hoped for, to change culture. It is

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a change that Philip is confident will happen. People said to me

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before London, maybe the UK does not need the games, they have made this

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transition. I said, you are kidding. Whether it is a greater possibility

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here, I think society will be influenced. If Rio can embrace

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that, the achievement of London 2012 can be surpassed.

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That update you on the early kick-offs. Celtic against hearts,

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still 0-0. Liverpool against Cardiff, also 0-0. That is all for

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now, have a very Merry Christmas.

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