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Sportshour: 24/10/2015 09:06 GMT: Still Fighting For Kiyan

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Still Fighting For Kiyan

24/10/2015 09:06 GMT

24/10/2015 09:06 GMT: Still Fighting For Kiyan

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Still Fighting For Kiyan

Mark Prince the 46 year old boxer back in the ring in memory of his murdered son Kiyan.

Former boxing world champion Mark Prince steps back into the ring on Friday despite having initially retired in 1999. However he continues to fight in memory of his son, Kiyan Prince a former QPR youth team player, who was murdered outside his school in 2006. Mark has vowed to continue to fight both in the ring and knife crime outside it, but at 47 how long can he keep going? 

Chinese Follow Wenger Way
As the Chinese President enjoys a visit to Manchester City’s training ground we join the first of 5000 trainee coaches who have been paid by the Chinese government to study football at 3 French Universities. One of which was the institution Arsene Wenger studied at.

Amazing Grace
One hundred years ago, on October 23rd 1915, WG Grace, one of the legends of cricket died aged 67. At the time of his death World War One was raging and despite a career facing up to fast bowling on dangerous wickets he is reported to have been terrified by the threat of German air raids in the area. But just how much of an impact did the bombs have on WG?

Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting
We go behind the scenes at the iconic Madison Square Gardens to find out what it’s like on fight night. The sights, sounds and smells of New York as it hosts, some say, the best pound for pound fighter currently fighting, Gennady Golovkin as he defends his world title.

Jumping German 
One of the stars of the IPC World Championships is likely to be long jumper Markus Rehm. His season’s best would have been enough to have taken a medal in Beijing at the World athletics championships in August. So does his single leg prosthesis give him an advantage, or in fact hinder him?

Sporting Witness… goes back exactly 60 years to the first - and only - victory by the Brooklyn Dodgers in baseball’s World Series. The Dodgers were led by Jackie Robinson, the first black player to break the colour bar in the sport.  Robinson overcame frequent racial abuse to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time.  We hear from Robinson's son, David, and, veteran baseball journalist, Roger Kahn.

(Photo: Boxer Mark Prince. Credit: Mark Prince)

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