Sport Editor Nick Westby on what is inside The Sport Weekend 6/10/23.
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00:00 I'm here at the Park Community Arena in Sheffield on the Olympic Legacy Park.
00:06 It's the new home of Sheffield Sharks Basketball Club.
00:09 They've got their first ever game in this marvellous 2,000-seater arena on Sunday against the Newcastle Eagles.
00:15 Get down if you can or get down to see them in the near future.
00:18 Also this weekend in the Yorkshire Post Sports Weekend supplement, we've got a big interview with Darren Gough on the Yorkshire County Cricket Club season just gone.
00:26 Football-wise, we're hearing from the new manager at Sheffield Wednesday, or the standing manager anyway, at any rate, Neil Thompson.
00:33 Wednesday, welcome Huddersfield Town and their former manager Darren Moore.
00:37 Also a big game for Leeds United as they welcome Bristol City and Sheffield United head to Fulham in the Premier League.
00:44 Rugby league-wise, we're at the crux of the Super League season. It's the semi-finals.
00:48 Hull KR are at Wigan on Saturday afternoon. Hull Kingston Rovers, the last Yorkshire team standing.
00:54 Plus we've got news of Yorkshire's other representatives in the big finals this weekend.
00:59 Leeds Rhinos against York City Knights Valkyries in the Women's Super League Grand Final.
01:04 And Featherstone Rovers and Bradford Bulls, we hear from their camps as they go into the Championship play-off semi-finals.
01:11 Rugby union-wise, it's the Rugby World Cup and England are back in action this weekend against Samoa.
01:16 Plus we'll build up to the big one between Scotland and Ireland.
01:20 And it's a big weekend of boxing. Rhys Mould is in action here on Friday night.
01:25 We'll have news of that from our correspondent Tom Coates.
01:28 And a big interview with Josh Warrington ahead of his fight down the road at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday night.
01:34 Plenty to come then. Have a fantastic sporting weekend.