On Valentine's Day 2004, one of Italy's greatest cyclists was found dead in mysterious circumstances.

In Italy there's growing mystery about the death of one of the country's sporting heroes.

And Tony, known as the pirate, because of the yellow bandana he wore around his head.

In November 2021, new evidence had supposedly come to light,

alleging that the Italian mafia were involved in Marco Pantani's death.

Five other top European cyclists have died mysteriously in the last year.

The maficles were money, he is.

Nearly 20 years on, are we any closer to knowing for sure what happened to the pirate?

It's a very dark story, the pantani story. It's the tragedy.

I'm Hugh Dennis and this is Sports Strangest Crimes, Marco Pantani, death of a pirate.

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This is Five Live Boxing.

On the road today in Liverpool, a special podcast, if you don't mind me saying so,

I'm just about to go inside the baby, eat, coffee and deli.

It's one by one of the brothers from, I think, the greatest quartet of fighting brothers in boxing history.

One of them, Calum, Calum Smith, that is, will be fighting for the world title

against the unbeaten art of a turbid in August.

But this is about more than just looking at that fight.

It's a family affair. It's a coffee affair. It's baby-e.

I'm in Liverpool. I'm Steve Bunts and this is Five Live Boxing.

Now, sometimes days don't work out as smooth as they look on paper.

And this was a really perfectly worked out day.

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