Clinton Morrison interview, Doncaster City, Bradford City and more: What's in The Yorkshire Post Sporting Weekend

Sports editor, Nick Westby, reports from English Institute of Sport about what's in this weekend's Sporting Weekend (9/9/23).

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00:00 Greetings from the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Sports Editor Nick West for here.

00:04 I'm at the ITTF Para-European Table Tennis Championships, which has been taking place since Monday and run up until Saturday.

00:12 It's quite a sight to behold if you can get down in the next couple of days.

00:15 Lots of action going on, 12 tables, much easier when there's only three or four to keep tabs on,

00:20 but it's something really to enjoy and experience.

00:24 Looking ahead to the sports weekend supplement, we're looking at football.

00:27 We've got a big interview with Clinton Morris in the form of Sheffield Wednesday.

00:31 A player who has now turned broadcaster with Sky Sports.

00:35 And we're building up to big games for Doncaster and Bradford City in League Two.

00:40 York City have a new manager, plus we've got news of England as they head to Rocklav to take on the Ukraine in the European qualifiers.

00:47 The big sporting event of the weekend, though, is the Rugby World Cup,

00:50 which kicks off in France on Friday night when the hosts take on New Zealand.

00:54 The big game, though, for England is against Argentina.

00:57 Can Steve Bothwick's men lift themselves from their recurrent malaise against the Pumas?

01:02 Cricket-wise, Chris Waters brings us news of Yorkshire as they head to Glamorgan.

01:07 And it's the start of the ODI series between England and New Zealand.

01:10 The crunch is coming at the bottom of Rugby League Super League.

01:13 Wakefield Trinity host Catalan's Dragons on Friday night.

01:16 And we've got James O'Brien at Castleford Tigers against Full FC in what is another huge Friday night of Rugby League action.

01:23 Have a fantastic sporting weekend.