dan casey got the winner in motherwell�*s 2—1 victory. rangers remain two points clear for now. from bottom ross county 2—0. st mirren are up to fourth after beating aberdeen 2—1. football's lawmakers have ruled out the implementation so called �*blue cards�* as part of a sin—bin trial for players in elite leagues. but the international football association board have agreed to measures which they hope will help improve player behaviour. our reporter simon stone has more. football's rule makers, ifab, did agree some trials at their meeting in this magnificent hotel behind me. they agreed that in certain circumstances, only the captains could approach referees, they agreed on cooling off periods where if there has been a confrontation, both sides must go back to the edge of their own penalty areas, and they also agreed an eight—second rule for goalkeepers to hold the ball. all these trials can come in at the third tier and below if leagues apply for them. what they did not agree was the implementation of blue cards for sin bins or to extend the trial for the sin bins themselves.

dan casey got the winner in motherwell�*s 2—1 victory. rangers remain two points clear for now.t mirren are up to fourth after beating aberdeen 2—i. dundee drew 2—2 with kilmarnock. and it was 1—1 between stjohnstone and livingstone. football's lawmakers have ruled out the implementation so called �*blue cards�* as part of a sin—bin trial for players in elite leagues. but the international football association board have agreed to measures which they hope will help improve player behaviour. 0ur reporter simon stone has more. football's rule makers ifabl did a great song trials at their meeting in this magnificent hotel hind me. they agreed that in certain circumstances, only the captains could approach referees, they agreed on calling off periods where if there has been a confrontation, both sides must go back to the edge of their own penalty areas, and they also agreed an eight second rule for goalkeepers to hold the ball. all these trials can come in at the third tier and below if leaks apply for them. third tier and below if leaks apply forthem. but third tier and below if le

following rangers' surprise home defeat to motherwell on saturday, celtic had the opportunity to reassertd a foul by hearts presented the defending champions with an early chance to take the lead, but a miss from the spot. moments later, a celtic player was sent off after a var check, leaving his manager, brendan rodgers, gazing at an uncomfortable afternoon in edinburgh. a handball saw hearts awarded a penalty and jorge grant put the home team 1—0 up. hearts's lawrence shankland was the league's leading goalscorer, and he wasn't to be denied after the break. hearts goalkeeper continued to close the door at the other end, with celtic letting rangers off the hook, with a loss leaving them two points behind their glasgow neighbours. arsenal kept pace in the women's super league title race with a 1—0 win over spurs. alessio russo bagged the only goal in the north london derby to ensure arsenal stayed three points behind leaders manchester city. beth mead got the assist, and is the first player in wsl history to rack up a0 assists at one club. spurs are a top side and they play some top footb

the games between hearts and kilmarnock and motherwell and st mirren both finished one all, while dundeechester city have moved three points clear of chelsea at the top of the women's super league. they beat liverpool 4—1 at prenton park. lauren hemp and jess park both scored before the league's top scorer khadija shaw made it 3—0 in eight first—half minutes. shaw got another early in the second half before liverpool got a late consolation through an own goal. elsewhere aston villa drew 2—2 against leicester. chelsea play in the league cup final against arsenal tomorrow. the grand slam champions england have made it two wins out of two in the women's six nationschampionship. they beat wales 46—10 at ashton gate in bristol. the red roses ran away with it as expected. securing the winning bonus point by half—time with four tries and led 24—3 at the break. they ran in eight tries in total including two from ellie kildunne. the crowd of 19,705 is a record for an england's women's home match away from twickenham. we knew we wanted to come out here in this first 20 minutes and execute our game

the games between hearts and kilmarnock and motherwell and st mirren both finished i—i, while dundeeoints clear of chelsea at the top of the women's super league. they beat liverpool 4—1 at prenton park. lauren hemp and jess park both scored before the league's top scorer khadija shaw made it 3—0 in eight first—half minutes. shaw got another early in the second half before liverpool got a late consolation through an own goal. elsewhere aston villa drew 2—2 against leicester. chelsea play in the league cup final against arsenal tomorrow. there are two games in the women's six nations championship. the latest from england wales in a moment but there was a surprisingly low scoring affair in edinburgh as france came from behind to beat scotland 15—5. nick parrott reports. last year scotla nd last year scotland were thrashed 55-0 last year scotland were thrashed 55—0 by france. this time they went agonisingly close to a huge upset. despite going behind early on, scotland showed their fans in edinburgh just how far they have come. they would have quickly been back on level terms had had a

following rangers' surprise home defeat to motherwell on saturday, celtic had the opportunity to reassertfoul by hearts presented the defending champions with an early chance to take the lead, but a miss from the spot. moments later, a celtic player was sent off after a var check, leaving his manager, brendan rodgers, gazing at uncomfortable afternoon in edinburgh. a handball saw hearts awarded a penalty and jorge grant put the home team 1—0 up. hearts's lawrence shankland was the league's leading all skater, and he wasn't to be denied after the break. hearts continued to close the door at the other end, with celtic leaving rangers off the hook, leaving them two points behind their glasgow neighbours. arsenal kept pace in the women's super league title race with a 1—0 win over spurs. alessio russo bagged the only goal in the north london derby to ensure arsenal stayed three points behind leaders manchester city. beth mead got the assist, and is the first player in wsl history to rack up a0 assists at one club. spires are a top side and they play some top football. we knew it was going to

that�*s after their old firm rivals rangers suffered a shock 2—1 defeat at home to motherwell, with danattack and ended with england�*sjude bellingham scoring a header. but, because the whistle had already gone, the goal did not stand, resulting in wild protests from the real madrid players and staff. bellingham, who had returned from three matches out from an injury, was then sent off as the match finished 2—2. in the women�*s super league, manchester city beat everton 2—1 to move to the top of the table until at least this evening, when title rivals chelsea play leicester. there was never any doubt they�*d maintain their 100% record in the league over everton as khadija shaw and lauren hemp put city 2—0 up. but they were far from their best, and the match will probably be remembered for this spectacular goal by hannah bennison, which could be a contender for goal of the season. cracking shot there. katie boulter is into her first wta final, after winning her semi in the san diego open. the british number one has never been beyond the last 16 of such a high—ranking event, until now. sh