saracens — emphatic, a win that ticks them up to second.il—biting finish to scarlets�* match with bennetton in the united rugby championship. the llanelli side were 13 points to nine down with 83 minutes gone, when eduan swart was bulldozed over the line as scarlets triumphed 16—13. it�*sjust their third win in 12 championship games. ulster lost to sharks by 22 points to 12 in durban, eduan keyter with the second of their three tries in a win that lifts sharks off the bottom of the table — for now. however, no losing bonus point for ulster. nojoy for edinburgh in cape town as they were blown away by stormers. they went down 43—21, with suleiman hartzenberg scoring three of his side�*s seven tries. elsewhere, connacht were beaten 38—14 by lions. boccia veteran stephen mcguire is aiming to reach a fourth paralympics this summer, after a broken leg led him to suffer what he calls the "toughest period" of his career. mcguire is part of the great britain team taking part in a qualifying tournament in portugal. after tokyo, i went to the european

saracens emphatic, a wind that ticks them up to second.news. —— this statement win. there was a nail—biting finish to scarlets' match with bennetton in the united rugby championship. the llanelli side were 13—9 down with 83 minutes gone, when eduan swart was bulldozed over the line as scarlets triumphed 16—13. it'sjust their third win in 12 championship games. ulster lost to sharks by 22 points to 12 in durban. eduan keyter with the second of their three tries in a win that lifts sharks off the bottom of the table, for now. however, no losing bonus point for ulster. nojoy for edinburgh in cape town as they were blown away by stormers. they went down 43—21 with suleiman hartzenberg scoring three of his side's seven tries. elsewhere, connacht are being beaten 19—12 by lions about ten minutes into the second half. it's the opening weekend in the women's six nations championship. last year's runners—up france beat ireland 38—17 for a bonus point win. france ran in five tries in le mans to claim the win over an improved ireland side. the french

saracens fly—half 0wen farrell says he's still happy with his decision to step away from internationalaptain made himself unavailable for this year's six nations, saying he wanted to prioritise his and his family's mental well—being. next season, farrell willjoin france's racing 92, which rules out a possible return to play for his country. earlier, he spoke about the criticism he received on social media, which prompted his decision to step away from the national team. it's never... yeah, just a specific one. normally, it's a lot of things that come together that make you make them decisions. and that's obviously the case. have to be the best the best thing for me, for the best thing for my family. and obviously, there's a change there's a change happening next year off the back of it as well. so yeah, i've obviously i've obviously done that because i think it'd be good for me. and the fia president mohammed bin sulayem, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by a formula 1 ethics committee after allegations of interference were made against him in f1 races in saudi arabia and las vegas l

the result extends saints lead to sevent points over saracens at the top of the table.to have secured victory for leicester but that game still ongoing. it has only nowjust finished. it looks to have secured the victory, in fact the whistle has just gone and it is a wind for leicester. in the united rugby championship dragons beat italian side zebre by 20 points to 13 at rodney parade. jared rosser scored the pick of the welsh team's three tries, running all the way from his own 22 metre line. the win moves them off the bottom of the table. in the night's other match leinster beat bulls. st helens have gone top of the super league after two late tries saw them beat wigan warriors 12 points to 4, ending the defending champions' run of 15 straight wins. wigan were narrowly in front on the hour mark when liam byrne was shown a straight red card for a high tackle. saints took full advantage of their extra man with tries from tommy makinson and konrad hurrell turning the game around in the final ten minutes. wigan are third — two points off st helens. elsewhere — six first h

saracens fly—half 0wen farrell says he's still happy with his decision to step away from international made himself unavailable for this year's six nations, saying he wanted to prioritise his and his family's mental well—being. next season, farrell willjoin france's racing 92, which rules out a possible return to play for his country. earlier, he spoke about the criticism he received on social media, which prompted his decision to step away from the national team. it's never... yeah, just a specific one. normally, it's a lot of things that come together that make you make them decisions. and that's obviously the case. have to be the best the best thing for me, the best thing for my family. and obviously, there's a change there's a change happening next year off the back of it as well. so yeah, i've obviously i've obviously done that because i think it'd be good for me. and the fia president mohammed bin sulayem, and the fia president mohammed bin sulayem has been cleared of any wrongdoing by a formula 1 ethics committee after allegations of interference were made against him in f1 race

saracens fly—half 0wen farrell says he's still happy with his decision to step away from international england captain made himself unavailable for this year's six nations, saying he wanted to prioritise his and his family's mental well—being next season. farrell willjoin france's racing 92, which rules out a possible return to play for his country. earlier, he spoke about the criticism he received on social media, which prompted his decision to step away from the national team. it's never... yeah, just a specific one. normally, it's a lot of things that come together that make you make them decisions. and that's obviously the case. have to be the best the best thing for me, for the best thing for my family. and obviously, there's a change there's a change happening next year off the back of it as well. so yeah, i've obviously i've obviously done that because i think it'd be good for me. and the fire president mohammed bin sulayem, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by a formula one ethics committee after allegations of interference were made against him in f1 races in saudi arabia and

saracens fly—half 0wen farrell says he's still happy with his decision to step away from internationalaptain made himself unavailable for this year's six nations, saying he wanted to prioritise his and his family's mental well—being. next season, farrell willjoin france's racing 92, which rules out a possible return to play for his country. earlier, he spoke about the criticism he received on social media, which prompted his decision to step away from the national team. it's never... yeah, just a specific one. normally, it's a lot of things that come together that make you make them decisions. and that's obviously the case. have to be the best the best thing for me, for the best thing for my family. and obviously, there's a change, there's a change happening next year off the back of it as well. so yeah, i've obviously, i've obviously done that because i think it'd be good for me. and the fia president mohammed bin sulayem, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by a formula 1 ethics committee after allegations of interference were made against him in f1 races in saudi arabia and las vegas

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in the day's other match, saracens beat leicester tigers.lia's hannah green had three birdies at the last three holes, including this one at the 18th. it meant she came from a shot down to win by one over france's celine boutier. dutchman olaf coy held off denmark's mads pedersen to win the opening stage of paris—nice, the first major stage race of the season. owain doull was the highest placed british rider in 11th. the race finishes in the south of france a week today. katie boulter is preparing for her first wta 500 final this evening at the san diego open, where she'll play ukraine's marta kostyuk. the british number one has never been beyond the last 16 of such a high ranking event until now. she reached it by beating number three seed emma navarro in straight sets. lebronjames has become the first player in the nba to score 40,000 career points. this is the moment he reached the milestone against the denver nuggets. the crowd gave james a standing ovation during a timeout, and the ball he used to score that historic point was removed f

in the day's other match, saracens beat leicester tigers.is one at the 18th. it meant she came from a shot down to win by one over france's celine boutier. dutchman 0laf coy held off denmark's mads pedersen to win the opening stage of paris—nice, the first major stage race of the season. 0wain doull was the highest placed british rider in 11th. the race finishes in the south of france on a week today. katie boulter is preparing for her first wta 500 final this evening. at the san diego 0pen where she'll play ukraine's marta kost—yuk. the british number one has never been beyond the last 16 of such a high ranking event until now. she reached it by beating number three seed emma navarro in straight sets. lebronjames has become the first player in the nba to score 40,000 career points. this is the moment he reached the milestone against the denver nuggets. the crowd gave james a standing ovation during a timeout, and the ball he used to score that historic point was removed from the game. he described it as "bittersweet", after his team, the la

well, for saracens, it shows us it was a block party to boycott the game. >> on the a's opening day, many seats were left empty inside the oakland coliseum. but outside the parking lot was a sea of green. hundreds of fans boycott of the big game and had a block party instead it strong words for the owner of the team, john fisher. i don't they're taking look at we love our team we are >> want to give canceling dana morgan waited 2 and a half hours to get into the parking but i'm not going into the game. >> i'm going to be out here. i guess they're getting ready to go once the gates opened the party begin. >> the boycott was organized by oakland. 68 ce and the last dive bar. the back were able to get so many folks that, you know, come out and support us and just support the message that we're pushing. its honestly staggering. some diehard fans chose to go to the game, kind of heartbreaking to be completely honest with re cartwright says he couldn't bear to miss what could be the a's last season opener at the coliseum. how important is it for you to actually go to the game and not do th

well, for saracens is spoke to people who came to visit a memorial set up right at the scene of the crash. >> in san francisco's west portal neighborhood, a community is reeling from a deadly crash that claimed the lives of 3 people. neighbors say a family of 4 was struck by a car at the bus. stop on you, lois street saturday afternoon. tragically a father, mother and child died in the crash. a baby is still at the hospital in serious condition. the driver also got injured was a real shock this home for >> definitely hit close to home. alec and lena lee live in the neighborhood with their 2 kids. >> they got emotional while stopping by the growing memorial. it's really nice to see the outpouring of support from the community, but obviously a situation like this. >> there's really nothing that can help them to ever make up for lost another dad who lives in the area. ed martinez says. >> he was here right after the crash happened. he still in disbelief. >> it's really heartbreaking because, you know, i can just imagine the family was just enjoying a beautiful saturday then for this to happe

.�* saracens fly—half owen farrell says he's still "happy" with his decision to step away from international best thing for me for the probably the best thing for my family. there is a change happening next year of the back of it. i've done that because i think it is good for me. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the last 16 of the world open snooker after beating lyu hao—tian 5—2. he'll now face hossein vafaei tomorrow morning. elsewhere there was a shock as raining world champion luca brecel was knocked out — he lost 5—1 to scotland's stephen maguire. and that's all the sport for now. we'll be back with more later on, we'll see you then. hello there. we had a real mixture of weather conditions across the uk on wednesday. an area of low pressure brought a lot of cloudy weather, some damp, drizzly conditions into the afternoon for some. and across parts of eastern scotland, even into the early part of the afternoon, temperatures were just around 7 celsius. so it felt chilly here. but across southeast england, we had some sunny spells break out in relatively warm air. and so that sent temperatu

in rugby's premiership, there was a huge win for saracens as they moved up to second in the table.'s been a busy few hours in miami for the british players in the singles. katie boulter is through to the fourth round there for the first time in her career — beating brazil's beatriz haddaj maia in straight sets. cam norrie is through to the third round after beating italy's flavio cobolli in three. and he's done it too. andy murray is into round three after an impressive win over argentina's tomas martin etcheverry, the man who beat him in the opening round of the australian open. murray, a two time winner in miami, winning 7—6, 6—3 and he'll play the czech player tomos machac next. but jack draper is out. he squandered 2 match points to lose in three to chile's nicolas jarry in a gruelling contest that lasted 3.5 hours. and dan evan has also gone out in the second round, he also squandered match points, losing in three to chris eubanks. notjust tennis in miami this morning. we've had the austalian open grand prix in formula 1. a warning, i'm going to tell you the result. it was an

leaders northampton saints extended their lead at the top of the table, beating champions saracens 41ell so good singers, this might ring a hell with you. i know it does with me. if you join a choir, you might expect to learn to sing in beautiful harmony. but now, there's a singing group with a difference. the "can't sing choir uk" prides itself on being tone deaf and giving everyone a chance to sing — even if they can't hold a tune. it was set up a year ago and since then its gone from strength to strength. our reporter becki thomas went to meet them this car is to get a little bit differently. this is the cannot sing qua. even if you cannot hit the right note. qua. even if you cannot hit the right note-— qua. even if you cannot hit the right note. qua. even if you cannot hit the riaht note. ., . ., . ., ., right note. you are not allowed to 'oin at right note. you are not allowed to join at school. _ right note. you are not allowed to join at school, we _ right note. you are not allowed to join at school, we might - right note. you are not allowed to join at school, we might harm -

later, second place harlequins travel to fourth place saracens, with just a point separating them in, scotland wanted to test themselves with a friendly against the dutch. and it really tested them. scotland had been doing well until this thunderbolt from tijjani reijnders just before half time. scotland did have a host of chances, but missed them and were punished conceding three more. the scots next host northern ireland in another friendly on tuesday. all the boys in there are angry — they're disappointed. they're, you know, embarrassed at the fact that we played... you know. you look at it, large parts we played relatively well. and, you know, you look at the score line that's a—0, which, you know, when you play as well as that for 60, 70 minutes, it can't happen, simple as that. northern ireland, didn't qualify for the euros but they're building something more positive and got a 1—1 draw in romania — a nation way above them in the rankings. and five years ago, jamie reid was playing non league football. and here he was, now 29, scoring on his international senior debut after jus

saracens' sydney gregson might make her first england appearance in nine years — her last cap was inins today, kicking off four days of racing culminating in the running of the historic gold cup this friday, in what will be the 100th anniversary of the historic race. and as steve knibbs has been finding out, the prize pot might have changed a bit, but some thing stays the same, like that famous cheltenham roar. a century ago, and red splash, ridden by dick rees, crosses the line to become the first—ever winner of the cheltenham gold cup. the prize money was just £685 — a lot less than this year's £625,000. well, to celebrate 100 years, a special photo with a who's who of gold cup—winning jockeys. rachael blackmore — the only woman to win — next to surely one of the sport's most—loved jockeys and trainers — jonjo 0'neill. he won the cup aboard alverton in 1979, and dawn run in 1986. cheltenham is the ultimate, and everybody wants to be here, and that's the race you want to win, really. so, yeah, very lucky, as you say, to win on alverton and then to be able to win and on dawn run and