Leicester, roma and lazio, where he delivered the serie a title in 2000, the last time the capital were crowned champions of italy. Injanuary, he said had at best a year to live after being diagnosed with cancer. His children, lina and johan eriksson, have released a statement in which they said, 0urfather, Sven Goran Eriksson, fell asleep peacefully in his home at Bjorkefors Outside Sunne this morning. He has for a long time fought bravely with his illness, but now it came to an end. Dad told us at the beginning of this year about his serious illness and received an amazing response from friends and Football Fans around europe. He expressed his appreciation and joy and stated that such beautiful words are usually only uttered when someone has died. I get to hear it while im alive and im incredibly grateful for that. Sven goran eriksson, who has died at the age of 76. Now lets turn our attention to the tennis. Were into the final few hours before the final grand slam of the year, the u
Tributes have been pouring in from All Over The World from inside and outside the football sphere. Prince william had this to say on x. The football association, meanwhile, posted. Sven Goran Eriksson who has died at the age of 76. Brighton have signed midfielder matt 0riley from Scottish Champions Celtic for a fee believed to be more than £25m. The london born Denmark International has signed a five Year Contract until june 2029. The 23 year old scored 27 goals in 124 appearances for celtic, winning six trophies including three Scottish Premiership titles. West ham defender kurt zouma is set to undergo a medical as he closes in on a move to Saudi Pro League club al 0rouba. Zouma had agreed a move to the United Arab Emirates earlier this summer but that deal collapsed after zouma failed a medical. The hammers gave permission for the 29 year old to remain in the region in an attempt to secure another deal. Now lets turn our attention to the final grand slam of the year in tennis, the u
From one of their new signings. And good morning. The weekend ahead is looking fine, plenty of dry weather, sunny spells for many of us as well. They will bring you the full forecast shortly. Good morning. Its saturday, the 17th of august, our main story. The World Health Organization is asking countries with Mpox Vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks. A wave of infections has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic Of Congo as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads. It comes as a company which manufactures one of the vaccines says it needs orders to be placed quickly so it can meet demand. Our reporter Leigh Milner has the story. In the democratic republic of the congo, hospitals like this one are filling up with patients who have mpox. Originally known as monkey pox, the disease can be passed on by close physical contact with anyone with the infection. It causes flu like symptoms and blisters, which is usually clear up into or thre
Boy george, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. You were born George Odowd in 1961 and you grew up in South London in a Working Class Irish family. Tell me about family life. What was it like Growing Up . Well, i used to think that my family were the most insane family on the planet because we had, like, chickens, we had, like, dogs, you know, we were we stood out. We were like the hillbillies of the road. But Growing Up, ijust thought we were the maddest bunch ever. Did you feel irish Growing Up . Very i mean, my name is odowd. I grew up in the 70s, with all the bombing and, you know, Kids At School would be making comments and you were very aware of the fact that you were irish 0. I used to get called 0loud. Laughs. George oloud that was my name at school. And what were your interests at school . In fact, what was your education like . My education was probably spoilt by my behaviour. I wasnt a particularly compliant kid because at home, my dad ruled the roost you know, what