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hello, you're watching bbc news, this is a sportsday, here's what's coming up. england kick themselves back into six nations title contention, beating ireland at the death at twickenham. there are tears ofjoy for the azzurri — italy celebrate a rare six nations win in rome, as the scots�* titles hopes are dashed. in the late winner for arsenal, their back on top of the premier league for at least 2a hours. —— another late winner. but it's all over for england's cricketers — a 4—1 test series defeat as they disintegrate in dharmashala

inside three three days. also coming up on sportsday... teenager 0llie bearman makes history by becoming the youngest briton to start an f1 race. and after a knockout win for anthonyjoshua, he's gunning for fury or usyk. i think both of them are very credible fighters and i would love the opportunity to face them at some stage. welcome. wow, it's been an incredible day in rugby union's six nations, and the championship is going down to the final weekend. that certainly wasn't ireland's plan — the grand slam champions could have wrapped up the title with a win at twickenham against england. they thought they had until the last kick of the match, england winning 23 points to 22, and that drags them right back into title contention. 0ur correspondentjoe

wilson is at twickenham. joe, what an incredible we had there, and brilliant for the championship. i think that is absolutely right, one thing i was pondering just now was what really makes the six nations strong, what makes it work, is when every game is competitive. we really had that today, and in a few minutes�* time we will show you that we also had it in rome as well. and what brings us back to this tournament, perhaps sport in general, is its ability to surprise, and boy, we had that, in the 81st minute of the game here at twickenham today. let's take you through what happened in the match, kind of stage by stage. it was a really quick start by england, and in the first half, we saw the dow would make them using the ball, bringing players injured, strong running lines, far more than we have seenin

running lines, far more than we have seen in previous occasions, —— bringing players into it. and they managed to get into the corner, just the first minutes of the match, england opened the scoring, although lawrence they're finishing that move, right in the corner, just got squeezed in by the corner flag, move, right in the corner, just got squeezed in by the cornerflag, and even at the early stage, you could feel the energy at twickenham. what happened in the rest of the first half was that ireland got themselves back into the game through penalties, and had a narrow lead at half—time. second half came out and ireland extended that lead with a james lowe try, so what would happen to that early england energy? well, they got it back. let's show you another try here, perhaps the best of the match, in fact, moving the ball, ball in hand, off—loading, finding the space in the corner, george furbank once again started at full—back, for england, and he had his impact was that try there. 0k, his impact was that try there. ok, so what was going to happen then? could england keep ireland out? the answer, no. james lowe, let's show you what he did again. he is so good

at finishing these kind of moves in that the corner, he squeezed in to give ireland the lead again, two point lead, england had the ball but the club was going right. who would stay calm? who had the opportunity to do the decisive thing for england, even when the clock was right? well, marcus smith, who had come on as substitute after 65 minutes, back into the england team, he knew exactly what he was going to do. remember, at this point, he knew that kick would be the last kick, to finish it in that style, that calmness that coolness to win the match by one point, i reckon that was as good a finish as this ground has ever seen. and it brought the grounds to life and i guess it removed a sense of belief in the england team. remember, the build—up to this game, hadn't we just been talking about ireland being the outstanding favourites for this match? and for the tournament? so it's done wonders for england's morale, for the whole spirit around

english rugby, and as you said at the top, it survived a whole sense of possibility in this tournament. stay with us, just a moment, we will stick with this match and hear from a very happy marcus smith, and then a very happy marcus smith, and then a less pleased ireland head coach andy farrell. for the team, i think of is that we didn't get the result we wanted last time but i think this team is going to take a lot of pride and confidence from that performance. we challenged one of the best teams in the world through the 80 minutes, it ebbed and flowed, they got ahead, we got a head. i think it was a brilliant spectacle for the fans and i know that the boys will be very happy with that one. we have been very good at winning, everyone _ we have been very good at winning, everyone is— we have been very good at winning, everyone is a good winner, aren't they, _ everyone is a good winner, aren't they, we — everyone is a good winner, aren't they, we got to be a a good loser as well, _ they, we got to be a a good loser as well, we _ they, we got to be a a good loser as well, we got — they, we got to be a a good loser as well, we got to be honest and review that properly and make sure we come into work— that properly and make sure we come into work on— that properly and make sure we come into work on monday with a smile on her face, _ into work on monday with a smile on herface, because into work on monday with a smile on her face, because as you say, there is a championship to win. we really didn't think england would be in title contention but it sets

things up nicely, doesn't it, for next weekend?— things up nicely, doesn't it, for next weekend? , ., ~ next weekend? yes, and if we think ahead to next _ next weekend? yes, and if we think ahead to next weekend, _ next weekend? yes, and if we think ahead to next weekend, of - next weekend? yes, and if we think ahead to next weekend, of course, | next weekend? yes, and if we think. ahead to next weekend, of course, we can't overlook the fact there is a very important match between wales and france tomorrow, which will alter the table one way or another. but if we think about the table and possibilities now, i guess it's still very much in ireland's hands. 0bviously they can't do this back—to—back grand slams we've been talking about only in the build—up to twickenham, but look, if they were to beat scotland, they could be six nations champions again. but if they were to lose, there's an opportunity, as you were saying, for england to potential be champions, depending on what they can do in france. at the start of the day, we were looking ahead to scotland's possibilities in the tournament. their first if was if they could beat italy in rome. they would be in such a strong position. they did not manage to do that. and the atmosphere in italy, the sense of occasion and pride around that game well, it almost rivalled the finnish year at twickenham. let's take you

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lead! and perhaps _ comfort. varney scores come italy lead! and perhaps fittingly - comfort. varney scores come italy lead! and perhaps fittingly this . lead! and perhaps fittingly this memorable win was white maxi with a kick that _ memorable win was white maxi with a kick that put _ memorable win was white maxi with a kick that put italy out of reach of an eventual late fourth scottish try. an eventual late fourth scottish t . , ., , , an eventual late fourth scottish try. -- perhaps fittingly this memorable _ try. -- perhaps fittingly this memorable win _ try. -- perhaps fittingly this memorable win was - try. -- perhaps fittingly this memorable win was sealed | try. -- perhaps fittingly this - memorable win was sealed with a kick. �* �* , ., ., kick. and it's all over, it will get the win! result _ kick. and it's all over, it will get the win! result to _ kick. and it's all over, it will get the win! result to be _ kick. and it's all over, it will get the win! result to be cherished | kick. and it's all over, it will get . the win! result to be cherished and relished in rome. _ we are really happy, yes, we worked hard to this so we are so happy. maybe we have something special after. we need to prepare for next game but now we need to celebrate. and i think that we showed all the work, that we have the passion, even in the last few minutes, even, if you are tired, but it's not a problem, it's in our blood, so yes, we showed the people we have the passion. credit to them, they were good today. 0ur part isjust like, looking at what we can do better, and i am sure there will be a lot out there that we can do better. i think on discipline, wasn't great, gave away a lot of penalties.

there was a bit of an accuracy piece in there as well. knock ons and missed breakdowns. so a lot of stuff in our control, but as i said earlier, credit to italy. so there we are, an excellent day for italy, an excellent day for england, but overall i think a stern day for the six nations. and to capital, joe marler has just come meant to be on my coat! —— to cap it all, you just complimented my coat! what a strange day indeed! thanks andy, who knows what will happen next weekend in the finale of the six nations. the top of the premier league is looking interesting, as well. arsenal have moved to the top for at least 2a hours after a late win over brentford at the emirates stadium. declan rice gave them the lead with a header inside the first 20 minutes but brentford responded.

arsenal goalkeeper aaron ramsdale took too much time on the ball — allowing yoane wissa to slide in and equalise on the stroke of half—time. it looked like brentford would hold on for a point but kai havertz�*s late header proved to be the difference. 2—1 to arsenal, mikel arteta's side move a point above liverpool, who of course face manchester city at anfield tomorrow. if there is a winner in that game, the winner of that would move to the top of the premier league. manchester united still have faint hopes of qualifying for the champions league after beating everton 2—nil at old trafford. they remain sixth, 8 points off the top 4. everton missed a string of chances and stay 16th, 5 points above the relegation zone. alex fletcher reports. change could be coming off the pitch at old trafford but erik ten hag was hoping for some on it. facing an everton side without a win in ten league games, they were gifted an early opportunity to take the lead. penalty! bruno fernandes stepping up and making no mistakes to put himself on eight goals

for the season. garnacho caused more problems before the break, skipping his way into the area, and puts down this time, the responsibility passed to marcus rashford for this one. but the same end result, a change the manager seemed to get behind. it's been 21 matches since dominic calvert—lewin scored for everton, and he was this close to getting himself back into the game, but his search for a goal goes on. for everton, a tough afternoon leaves them looking over their shoulder, manchester united looking forward. i'm correcting myself on everton only four points above the relegation zone because of some of the other result i'll bring in a moment. they will certainly be ruing those missed chances and after two league defeats in a row, united have a much needed win

to keep them believing. you always have to fight for your points, and i think they have a very good style of play, very good structure, difficult to beat. also all the teams are struggling with them, so... but i have to say very good counterattacks. i think overall we could have scored three or four goals and i thought we defended very well. same old, same old unfortunately in recent weeks, we've got to maintain that and be consistent, and we are doing, but the truth is it's so important and currently we are not finding that. we had the ten points taken away. i thought it was an unjust win for them, similar to day to day. we've done so many things right but we haven't found the goals. now go to those of the premier league results. sheffield united have lifted themselves off the bottom of the table but only by a point after they threw away a two goal lead at bournemouth.

gustavo hamer and jack robinson for the blades, but the cherries, who had missed a first half penalty, pulled thmselves back into it. enes unal scored the equaliser in injury time and it finished 2—all. bournemouth stay 13th. luton also in the relegation zone, but three points off safety now after they scored an injury time equaliser at crystal palace, cauley woodrow headed home in the 96th minute for the 1—all draw. jean phillippe matata had given palace the lead inside the first fifteen minutes at selhurst park. palace 14th. wolves beat fuham 2—1 at molyneux. rayan ait—nouri scored their first after half—time with nelson semedo's deflected shot forcing a tom cairney own goal. fulham pulled one back in injury time. wolves are eighth, just one place and one point off the european places. neil warnock has left his role as aberdeen manager, the club announcing his departure less than an hour after he guided the side into the

scottish cup semi—finals. they beat kilmarnock 3—1, by far his best result since taking over on an interim basis last month. he failed to win any of his six league games, with his two victories coming in the cup. warnock leaves them 10th in the scottish premiership. the club are, they say, at an advanced stage in the search for a permamanent replacement. i only came to help them out and try and steady the ship. unfortunately we have not got the right results in the league but i thought i ought to try and get through the cup, and i know they are well on their way now to getting a new manager, i have been telling them now for the last couple of weeks, "you've got to push forward now and try and get a new manager as quickly as possible," and that is what they're doing. so i thought it was the right time, we decided in midweek that today was going to be the day, and i am glad i left on high, really. on a high, really. manchester united are into the semi—finals of the women's fa cup.

last season's runner�*s up beat brighton 4—0 at the broadfield stadium. earlier leicester beat liverpool 2—0 at prenton park. finland midfielder jutta rantala scored in each half to send the foxes into the last four for the first time. leicester had their assistant jennifer frost and first team coach stephen kirby in the dugout. the manager willie kirk was missing, with the club saying he's "assisting them with an internal process". time for a quick look at some of the day's other stories for you now. andy murray has been knocked out of the indian wells tournament, beaten in straight—sets by russian fifth seed andrey rublev in the second round. three time grand slam champion murray, who's 36, has said he's not planning to "play much past this summer". so that'll be his last indian wells. tour de france champion yonas vingergo looks set to win tirreno adriactico in italy. the dane won the penultimate stage by 26 seconds to stretch his overall lead to more than a minute. britain's tom pidcock finished fifth. fellow briton max poole crashed out and was taken to hospital.

the 0lly murphy—trained go dante was on the right side of a photo—finish to deny faivoir in a thrilling conclusion to the imperial cup at sandown. ridden by sean bowen, the 5 to one favourite go dante won for the second time in three starts. he'll now head to next week's cheltenham festival. it is hometime for england's test cricketers after losing the series against india 4—1. they crumbled in the final test, bowled out for 195 in their second innings and beaten inside three days by an innings and 64 runs. the bbc�*s chief cricket wrier stephan shemilt spoke to me from dharamshala about england's defeat. the game was lost for england over the first two days, really, bowled out for 118, india posting that big 477 in reply, finally bowled out on

saturday morning was that moment of history forjames anderson taking history forjames anderson taking his 700th wicket. we knew at the start of saturday it would turn out to be 4—1, the thing england were really looking for was a bit of grit with the bat, to make india bat again, maybe, and it became apparent very quickly that that wasn't going to happen as they capitulated, really, in the face of ravichandran ashwin's off—spin, ben duckett and ollie pope, who both made big 0llie pope, who both made big centuries, remember, they were worked out by ashwood. jonny bairstow came out with the bit between his teeth in his hundredth test, he hit ashwin for three sixes, but out for 39. and ben stokes was out on the stroke of lunch, the game was up and ready, and it tookjoe root to show any attitude, any stomach for the fight. but selection, patience, how to play in these conditions. he made a very composed 84, eked out some runs with the tale, when the game was already

gone. so england beaten by an innings and 64 runs. comfortably, really, their worst performance of the tour. ,, , really, their worst performance of the tour. . , ., really, their worst performance of the tour. ,, , ., ., ., ., really, their worst performance of the tour. ,, ., ., ., ., the tour. seems a long time ago now, those heady — the tour. seems a long time ago now, those heady days _ the tour. seems a long time ago now, those heady days of _ the tour. seems a long time ago now, those heady days of the _ the tour. seems a long time ago now, those heady days of the first - the tour. seems a long time ago now, those heady days of the first test. - those heady days of the first test. i mean, we've spoken about how difficult a place it is to go to, india. in the cold light of day, will they regret the approach, just never going to be able to work in india? england officer had their moments, there is why didn't they? we saw some fine moments from their batches throughout the series, some good bowling performances, but not enough of them. xyour good bowling performances, but not enough of them.— enough of them. your right to hiuuhliht enough of them. your right to highlight that _ enough of them. your right to highlight that winning - enough of them. your right to highlight that winning the - enough of them. your right to | highlight that winning the first test, because before that game in hyderabad, the england captain ben stokes said, to win just one test match in a series in india would feel like an achievement, and that's because of india's proud home record, this is their 17th successive home series with spanning 12 years, back to 2012, in all of

that time, india have not lost more than one test in a series. when england won in hyderabad it felt like they had the opportunity to do something really special. and of the next three test matches, england had chancesin next three test matches, england had chances in all of them. there was a real pinch points were england had the opportunity to take control of each of those games, and they missed them. the fifth test, when it arrived, itjust felt like a combination of india chipping away at england over those three test matches, when india's superior skill, superior experience and know—how in these conditions, just completely overwhelmed them. england had chances, they did have the opportunity to do something special, and in those crucial moments, yes, it was in eagerness with the bat that has probably made them come unstuck and deny them the chance of pulling off that special result here in india. . . . ~

in india. our chief cricket writer s-teakin in india. our chief cricket writer speaking to _ in india. our chief cricket writer speaking to me _ in india. our chief cricket writer speaking to me earlier. - let's now hear from both the camps. there was an acceptance from the england captain that they simply haven't been good enough since that victory in the first test. obviously we came here with high hopes, we were confident about what we could achieve out here, and obviously it started off well but losing the series 4—1, you know, notjust myself but i think the team as well, we are man enough and big enough to say we have been completely outplayed in the last four games, you know, and whenever we managed to wrestle back a type of momentum with the ball or bat, india were always able to then put it back onto us. so looking back at the series, i think that is where sort of the test matches after the first one were won and lost. the fact that, you know, we lost the first test match, and had to bounce back from that, had to do it with a slightly different team

to the one we probably expected to start the series with, maybe a few months ago, and then to be able to bounce back from that, yeah, it does make you feel really proud and... their experience wasn't in their bowling, it was in their batting, they had the ascendancy with the bat at that point in time, we needed to respond, and our experience was in the bowling, and we won those contests. max verstappen has won the saudi arabian grand prix. the dutchman wasn't seriously challenged on his way to the chequered flag injeddah. but despite that it was a notable race as british teenager 0llie bearman made an unexpected and impressive debut for ferrari. nick parrott reports. the off—track dramas at red bull doesn't seem to be max verstappen from dominating formula 1. as expected the world champion roared off the line from pole. to find something different you had to look back to limits on the grid, ferrari's young driver from chelmsford was called into action

after appendicitis is ruled out colour science, at 18, the youngest briton to race in formula 1 was thrown in at the deep end at one of the sport's toughest tracks. when canadian shaken up, and so was the order, some drivers use the safety car period to get new tires. lando norris found himself leading up to the restart, but not for long as verstappen we took his customary position. bearman was also moving forward, and claim six, ahead of lewis hamilton. 0nce forward, and claim six, ahead of lewis hamilton. once again verstappen was untouchable, beating team—mate sergio perez with ferrari's charles leclerc third. formula one isn't the only big motorsport taking place in the middle east this weekend. the motogp season got underway in qatar withjorge marteen winning in qatar withjorge martin winning the sprint race. the spaniard, who was the championship runner up last season, started from pole at the lusail circuit. brad binder made a great getaway moving up from fourth to second

by the first corner. the south african couldn't find a way past martin who took the chequered flag. spain's aleix espargaro completed the podium. rugby league, wigan warriors have gone top of superleague after thumping london broncos by 60 points to 22, which sends broncos to the bottom of the table. the world club champions dominated and ran in ten tries, with harvie hill going over twice. they've now won all three of their games so far. broncos have lost all four of theirs. the 12 superleague clubs will enter the draw for the last 16 in the challenge cup. i'll be hosting that draw — i know — right here on sportsday on monday evening, the four other sides will come from this weekend's fifth round matches. sheffield eagles are the first through, they had a really tight game at fellow championship side swinton lions. kris welham with the second of their three tries as they won 14—12.

anthonyjoshua made very light work of former ufc champion francis ngannou in their heavyweight fight in riyadh overnight. remember, this was ngannou's second pro—fight after going the distance against tyson fury last year. butjoshua knocked him down in the first round and again early in the second. ngannou got to his feet, but was stunned moments later, as the referee halted the contest. ngannou appeared to be out, before he even hit the deck. he needed medical treatment. so what next forjoshua? talk has inevitably turned to tyson fury and 0lexander usyk, the current world heavyweight champions who are due to face each other in a four belt unification bout in may. why not fight them both? you know, i mean, it shouldn't really be one or the other, i should have the opportunity to compete with them both, and also, notjust those two, there are so many other fighters i want to compete with, but since you're asking me about the winner, i think both of them are very credible fighters and i would love the opportunity to face them at some stage.

what's more reaction to that on the bbc sport website, also another of our top stories here on sportsday. arsenal going top of the table for 24 hours at least, after a late winner against bedford. but our top story came in the rugby union six nations. marcus smith was a drop goal, the last kick of the match at twickenham to beat the grandson champions, ireland. ireland were heading for victory, victory that would have seen them seal the championship with a game to spare. but that win for england, 23—22, drag them right back into title contention. they need to get a big win against france in paris and hope that ireland slip up against the scots in dublin. it's still in ireland's hands, but thisjohn bishop is going down to the wire. from me and the rest of the sportsday team, goodbye.

hello. sunshine amounts have varied across the uk today. some areas got stuck with a lot of clouds and outbreaks of rain, but for others the cloud did break to reveal some sunshine. that was how it looked for one of our weather watchers in shetland. 0n the earlier satellite picture, you can see this swirl of cloud in the centre of which lies an area of low pressure that is dominating our weather right now. it will continue to do so. and because we are on the northern flank of that low, we have an easterly wind that winds staying pretty strong across northern areas through tonight, the wind easing further south. we will see outbreaks of rain pushing northwards, particularly across parts of england and wales. 0vernight lows generally between 3—9 celsius. so tomorrow, here's our area of low pressure still with us. but notice big gaps between the isobars in southern areas. so the winds here relatively light. the isobars squeezed together further north so it will stay quite blustery. and when you're exposed to that breeze, particularly across the east coast of scotland, it is going to feel

decidedly chilly. many areas will see outbreaks of rain at times, but not all the time. certainly not a huge amount of sunshine for mother's day. best chance of brightness i think will be in the far north, also for parts of south and west wales, the south—west of england, and the channel islands. the winds will be lighter than they have been today in the south, temperatures in the south in any brightness, 12—13 celsius, but exposed to that breeze, eastern scotland, only 5—6 celsius. that breeze still with us on monday, that easterly blowing in towards, say, the eastern side of scotland. but that wind generally easing off. monday will bring a lot of cloud. there'll be some bits and pieces of rain towards the south east of england, also northern ireland, some bright or sunny spells and again, temperatures 6—11 or maybe 12 celsius. and for tuesday, the change is really only taking place very slowly. it won't be as windy on tuesday because of that. there could be some mist and fog patches through the morning. quite a lot of cloud, some sunny spells. i think many places will be dry. temperatures between 8—12 celsius.

but the weather will change in terms of the feel of things, certainly as we head through the middle part of the week, because with areas of low pressure passing to the west or the north west of us, we will develop winds from the southwest. and that will bring certainly a milder feel for midweek onwards with temperatures getting up into the middle teens celsius. but it will often be cloudy, and there'll be some rain at times.

live from london, this is bbc news. the first vessel to use the new maritime aid corridor to gaza is loaded in cyprus. 200 tonnes of supplies will be shipped. meanwhile, more aid is air—dropped into gaza — a method aid groups consider a last resort. thousands of people march in central london in support of gaza — the tenth major protest in the city since the october 7th attacks. in a major defeat for ireland's government, voters reject two referendum proposals on the definition of family and the role of women. and new life is springing from the sycamore gap tree. seedlings from the famously felled tree are starting to grow.