”rultfllrult and they would have some sentiment and they would have some sentiment and empathy for him. i think, i can't speak for all leicester fans but i think, the way that he handled everything last season, the fact that he gave leicester so much, the fa ct that he gave leicester so much, the fact that he made the whole country get behind leicester, and they lot of that was down to him, no silly football mind games etc. he was just genuine and warm and the whole country warmed to him and they warmed to the club. that would have evaporated today. manchester united have been given, what managerjose mourionho described as a ‘bad draw‘ in the europa league. they face russian side rostov in the last 16... although rostov are the lowest—ranked team in the draw... it's not ideal for united as they face a near 5,000 mile round trip for the first leg in russia, before their fa cup tie at chelsea just four days later. inverness are off the bottom of the scottish premiership table

after a dramatic 2—1 win over rangers tonight. caley thistle took the lead just before the half—time break. greg tansey with this lovely finish from outside the box... rangers equalized midway through the second half after their captain was fouled in the penalty area. up stepped martyn waghorn to score from the spot. inveress were then awarded their own penalty with five minutes left...but iain vigurs's shot was saved... but caley thistle weren't finished there...and what a way to win it. bill mckay with a brilliant overhead kick in the last minute of the game to seal a valuable win... birmingham returned to winning ways in the championship with a 2—1 win michael kieftenbeld with the simpliest of finishes. and the lead was doubled barely five minutes later. former wolves player david davis with the finish. they played the last half an hour with ten men after paul robinson was sent off.

and wolves made them sweat. nouha dicko pulling a goal back... but birmingham held on for the victory. rugby union's 6 nations championship continues this weekend with the third round of matches... but the women's tournament is slightly ahead and scotland have won their first six nations match for six years....they‘ve beaten wales by 15 points to 14. it's the first time in 30 meetings that they've beaten the welsh. they did it the hard way, coming back from 14—0 down. sarah law with the vital penalty to push them over the line at broadwood stadium... domestically, there was one game in the premiership tonight and it was a big win for leicester who are closing in on the top 4 after beating harlequins 27—18 away. after taking an early lead it was quins who led at half time but leicester came back, freddie burns scoring more than half their points, with their third and final try as well as kicking ten points.

leicester a re now level with 4th placed bath, only behind on points difference. in the pro 12, cardiff narrowly won at edinburgh... to inflict more misery looking beaten and ii points down on the hour, the blues staged a come back — lloyd williams with the match winning try. 18—17 the score. in the knights of the games, newport when strachan is worth 8054—22. lei nster when strachan is worth 8054—22. leinster hardtop because munster we re leinster hardtop because munster were top before. it was a busy night in rugby league's super league with five games. warrington were hoping for another win after their victory over the brisbane broncos in the world club series but they were left red faced by castleford whose man of the match zak hardaker gave them the lead and they never looked back. 30—22 the score. castleford are now top of the table. here's a look at the nights other schools. history will be made in west

yorkshire, when the west yorkshire, will be, it will be the canadian side ‘s first professional game. we have been to see them. for decades rugby league has tried to expand beyond northern england, the 62 corridor, with mixed success. they are based in the midst of united town. the biggest change in rugby league took place in paris. the first time that wales have ever had a club in this competition. other sport is crossing the pond, breaking new ground. what will this look like

inafew new ground. what will this look like in a few minutes time? better. it is the brainchild of this man. in a few minutes time? better. it is the brainchild of this manlj in a few minutes time? better. it is the brainchild of this man. i was living in birmingham and flipping through the television and i got a super league match, i was blown away by the action. and then as i was watching her was realising, this is the most needy in sport that has never been to canada. so when i came home i started this treat. despite starting third, their season ticket sales are a promising 4000. this is the stadium, the artificial pitches coverage in the harsh canadian winter. it is currently —8 and because of the whether they will not play any home games here until may. meanwhile the team is training on the other side of the atlantic under former great britain boss brian noble and the ex—leigh centurions coach paul rowling. unique,

interesting, challenging, a bit of everything. i imagine the first conversations to recruit the first group of players, approaching a player and saying there is a new tea m player and saying there is a new team in toronto, play for me. they must have travel and accommodation for visiting teams, camberley travel, in a city dominated by basketball, and its league ice hockey. have you heard of toronto wolfpack. i have heard of it, i have, a copy of people have asked me how to i get tickets. i think it is going to be very difficult for the wolfpack to become part of the mainstream especially right away, they are not going to play at a point where there is no other toronto sports team playing. point where there is no other toronto sports team playingm point where there is no other toronto sports team playing. it is a pioneer project that will take not only rugby league to another level, another stratosphere, it will also

change the way that world sport is done on a professional level. the rugby football league have confirmed to the bbc that they are in talks with other countries about similar ventures, a sport long criticised forfailed expansion ventures, a sport long criticised for failed expansion could ventures, a sport long criticised forfailed expansion could now become a trailblazer. just time for some skeleton news, britain's lizzie arnold is fourth after the first day of skeleton world championships in germany. olympic champion yarnold has had an indifferent season since returning after a year out. she was fourth in her first heat this morning before the second was cancelled due to heavy snow in koenigsee. germany's jacqueline loelling leads. there's live coverage tomorrow on the bbc sport website and red button. that's all from sports day. hello, welcome to our look ahead to

what the papers will be bring us tomorrow morning, with me is the economic senator of the independent and the public affairs consultant alex deane. the times leads with an interview with david miliband who says that labour is the weakest it has been for 50 years following the party ‘s defeat in the copeland by—election. and there is more on labour, in the i cena jeremy corbyn refuses to stand down as the party leader despite losing that seed copeland for the first time in 80 yea rs. copeland for the first time in 80 years. the telegraph focuses on the tory victory and theresa may's declaration that the conservatives are now the party of working people. staying with the prime minister, the front page of the financial times talks about the pressure on her to cut disability benefits. the daily mail reports that motorists should

be wary of buying diesel vehicles after a warning from chris grayling. express highlights what is a looming pension crisis, as uk taxpayers are subsidising low paid jobs for foreign workers. the daily mail front page says she is one of several residents that has been made homeless because of a fire caused by a whirlpool dryer. in the guardian warns that tens of thousands of schoolchildren are being put at risk due to toxic fumes. let us begin. perhaps you would kick us off. the daily telegraph, the front page, we are the workers party now. theresa may. very ominous words if you are a labour supporter or labour mp, she has been saying this theme, she has been putting her tanks on labour's drawn, she is saying now it is really, really true because of this catastrophic performance by labour losing this seat of copeland which

has been in powerfor 73 years, and a pretty poor showing in stoke although they held onto the seat. they basically halved their majority. she's reinforcing that message. labour is out of touch, jeremy corbyn doesn't speak for working class communities. haemorrhaging support, not winning elections they should be winning and we are riding high as the conservative party. good for her, going into the brexit negotiations. the domestic philip. governments are usually in the position of by—elections, suddenly this one does matter? normally the day after we are discussing these things and explaining why the government lost. it is against form, let's be clear on the facts. these are both seats that labour should have won, on the messaging, labour has been in trouble in what they say for some time. it is notjustjeremy corbyn, in the last parliament labour allowed the conservative party