he points at me and says ah! rollins! i go running towards him, my right arm coming out not knowing what i'll say when i arrive and i think isaid... he...he...huagh! i was all gooey inside because i'm quite a fan. i must have said, hello, david. he initiates this conversation like we had been talking for a few minutes, like it has already been pre—rolled. he said, you said something very interesting in an interview in a magazine last month and proceeded to quote me multiple paragraphs of paraphrasing me back to me. i'm a fan who gets recognised by other people. but i'm mainly a fan and so when i meet people i admire, like musicians and stuff, i have to be very careful to remain articulate. except all i want to do is... "god, your great!" because those records mean so much to me. i have leaned on those records so much. whenever i run into a member of the damned, i see captain sensible at some festival, it's like, hello henry. i'm like, that's my name, how do you remember me?!

and i've known him for, like, 100 years. kind of, sort of. and those people mean so much to me but rarely can i have a cogent conversation with these people because i'm just in awe. do you fancy an arm wrestle? no. i don't want to have my shoulder pulled out ofjoint! fairenough! sweeney and rollins there. that's all we have time for tonight. evan is here on monday. goodnight. that's all for this evening. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines tonight: lizzie yarnold flies the flag for team gb in pyeongchang, hoping to become the first briton to win back to back winter olympic titles. he's at it again: eddiejones stirs things up ahead of england v wales on week two of the six nations. and northern ireland manager michael o'neill signs the longest

and most lucractive contract in the irish fa's history. hello and good evening. let's start in south korea where the winter olympics are officially under way after a glittering opening ceremony. in a mark of unity, north and south korean athletes entered the stadium as one team — while lizzy yarnold led the british team hoping for their most successful winter games in history. the bbc‘s sports correspondent andy swiss is in pyeongchang. music. opening ceremonies are always a spectacle, but few have seemed quite so significant. on a freezing night although not as cold as it has been, pyeongchang welcomed the world. the theme of the ceremony was a relevant one.

peace and harmony seen through the eyes of five children exploring a winter landscape. a celebration of the nation's culture. team gb led in by their only gold medallist from the last games lizzy yarnold. it is the biggest team gb winter olympics team ever. and they are targeting their best ever performance. and then, entering under a neutral flag, olympic athletes from russia. their presence here is highly contentious. no russian colours because russia is banned after their recent doping scandal and yet 168 of their athletes have been allowed to compete as neutrals. finally, historically, the moment they had all been waiting for. under a flag representing the peninsular, north and south korea parading as one. joint flag—bearers from each country, the sudden thawing of tensions expressed

in a remarkable show of unity. it was soon left to the south korean president to officially open the games. speaks korean. there was no doubting the sentiment of the night. a dove of peace illuminating the stadium before a fitting climax, as two ice hockey players, one from the north and one from the south took the olympic torch on its finaljourney and the lighting of the cauldron. a memorable day for the olympics, a historic one for korea. now it's week two of the six nations this weekend with the second round of matches and a huge game at twickenham tomorrow between england and wales. england head coach eddiejones has been up to his usual mind games, this time questioning the courage of wales‘ replacement flyhalf rhys patchell,

asking if he has ‘the bottle' for the match. john watson is at twickenham looking ahead to the game for us. we will see whether or not the wales number ten rhys patchell will have the bottle as he contends with what will be a fierce called on here in twickenham tomorrow. 82,000 fans will be packed in here for the big match of the seven —— second weekend of the championship, england against wales and it will go some way to determine who will win the trophy this year. we will get the thoughts of garratt street and on release garratt, what have you made of those comments gary, from emily —— eddie jones, ramping up the pressure on rhys patchell? we hope it works, it can go either way, england need to put pressure on him, there will be pressure but if either youngster and has been playing well so far, if he

gets it right tomorrow, eddie might have two mince his words. emma, if an opposing coach were saying you might not have the bottle for a big occasion, how would you feel and respond on the field? it would act asa respond on the field? it would act as a motivation, you want to prove people wrong, you want to show what you are about and as gary said he has shown that, and in that first game, he will be put under pressure out there... does it plant to seed of doubt, that is what eddiejones is hoping. would have that effect? mentally you have to remain so strong. it depends on the confidence of the person, you can not enter that unless you are the person who has been going as this season, you would assume he is flying high but he only has six caps, to an international stage it may do. and gary as a world cup winner, what would it mean to the players if they can get that win tomorrow, because that six nations trophy is almost only touching distance. it is huge,

and they want to win and carry on the momentum from last week and take the momentum from last week and take the game forward, and it is going to bea the game forward, and it is going to be a hell of a game. an absolute classic, and wales played exceptionally well in their opening match, england did so as well, both with big wins under their belts already, it is set up beautifully ahead of this game. it really is and i have is a great game, i hope both teams bring to a games, england have shown what they are capable of in spats, and hopefully if both teams bring it we are in for a hell of spats, and hopefully if both teams bring it we are infora hell ofa game. eddie jones has been ramping up game. eddie jones has been ramping up the pressure with those comments, he won't need any reminding though that it he won't need any reminding though thatitis he won't need any reminding though that it is ten years tomorrow since his opposite number, the welsh head coach, took charge and beat england, eddiejones will be hoping that history does not repeat itself tomorrow. before the big england—wales match, ireland host italy at the aviva stadium at 2.15.

the irish needed a brilliant jonny sexton last gasp drop kick to narrowly beat france last weekend, but they'll no doubt be hopng for a much more comprehensive scoreline against italy. on sunday france travel to murrayfield to play scotland. onto tonight's action and bath are up to third place in the aviva premiership with a convincing win over northampton. the saints had started well and bath took a while to get going, but when they did they were all over the struggling saints. matt banahan putting them ahead before half time — freddie burns converting on his way to kicking 17 points in the 32—9 final score at the rec. in the pro 1a, glasgow let slip a ten—point lead at the dragons to draw 15—15. jared rosser‘s try levelling the scores just before half time, and that's how it stayed for the rest of the match. glasgow are missing several key

players due to six nations scotland duty. at the kingspan, ulster thrashed southern kings 59—10. craig gilroy scoring three of their nine tries. the south african southern kings are playing in their first pro 1a season and have lost every game of the season — 1a out of 1a. elsewhere conference b leaders leinster were beaten by edinburgh and ospreys lost to connaught. onto football and michael o'neill‘s four—year contract extension as northern ireland manager has been formally announced. the 48—year—old recently turned down the chance to succeed gordon strachan as scotland boss. instead opting to take the longest and most lucrative contract in the irish fa's history. i know that the job in i know that thejob in hand is one that i will devote my life and soul to, thejob i took on six that i will devote my life and soul to, the job i took on six years ago is as appealing and exciting as it was then, and it is a lucrative business, football, but to me it is

the personal factor that has been a big factor in the decision. meanwhile, walter smith won't be taking the scotland job for a second time. he'd become the favourite after o'neill turned it down, but it's understood smith ruled himself out after talks with the scottish fa. riyad mahrez says he'll continue to give his all to leicester after training with the side for the first time since his transfer request to manchester city was turned down last month. the winger has travelled with the team for their game at city tomorrow and could even play. leicester turned down an offer of £50 million for mahrez after he'd asked to leave. there was one game in the championship at the den, where millwall and cardiff drew 1—1. but it was controversial — junior hoilett put the promotion—chasing cardiff into an early lead. millwall then equalised before half time when a sweeping move was finished off first time by lee gregory. cardiff then thought they should have won it when sol bamba scored cardiff then thought they should have won it when sol samba scored

late—on but the referee hadn't played advantage so it was disallowed, leading to plenty of protests at full time. great britain's tennis players have moved a step closer to the world group elite level of the fed cup — which is like the davis cup for women's tennis. heather watson and joanna konta both won their singles matches as britain beat estonia in tallinn. they now face hungary tomorrow. there was a thrilling finish to tonight's super league clash between wakefield and salford. wakefield were 111—8 in front with a minute to go when salford scored through chris welham. that left gareth o'brien needing to kick this conversion to draw the match... but he missed, so wakefield took the victory14—12. we have seen a mixture of sunshine

and some wintry showers today, ca ptu red and some wintry showers today, captured quite nicely i think in this weather watch picture behind me, which is from the highlands of scotland, you can see the fresh snowfall over the high ground, clear skies overhead. there will not be quite as much sunshine to go around as we start off this weekend, ra i nfo rd as we start off this weekend, rainford many of us but the sunshine will be back on sunday, the air turns colder and there will be more snow showers on the way. this is the satellite picture at the moment, in the area of cloud racing towards the british isles, this is an atlantic weather front that is bumping into the cold air which we started to see some of this rain turned to snow in western scotland, and i think as we go on through the night that snow will be getting heavier and more widespread even down to low levels. it is one of those kind of nights that could cause problems if you are planning to drive over the next few hours. widespread frost out about, some icy stretches to be expected. saturday morning looks like this, snow quite heavy as well, 5— ten centimetres over the mountains but it will tend to transition back to

rein as milderair it will tend to transition back to rein as milder air works in from the west through the day. the wales in south—west england it is just rain that falls and four east anglia and south—east england there will be morning sunshine but here are cold and frosty start, one of those mornings where the cloud comes in, trapping the cold air, temperatures really slow to rise. but through the afternoon it will get milder as the wind picks up and we start to see outbreaks of rain moving in. turning heavy at times through western parts of england and wales, but we will see high—temperature is up to 11 degrees, cold air with us across northern scotland. the weekend, also hosts another round of six nations rugby, but the matches both in dublin and twickenham look set to see outbreaks of rain, the rain could seem quite heavy in twickenham. it turns windy on saturday night, thanks to this area of low pressure. the strongest winds will be just the south of this front that i have drawn on, and it could very windy indeed, wins around 50— 60 mph, maybe even stronger across

east england, depending on how quickly the area of low pressure strengthens. either way it will be mostly out of the way by sunday morning, replaced wide blustery north—westerly winds which will feel very cold, again north—westerly winds bringing those showers in, further evacuations to be expected, icy conditions on the road and fairly cold, 3— six degrees the most, with some sunny spells in between those showers. but another one to watch. this is bbc news. president trump praises an aide who left the white house, after allegations of domestic abuse, sparking further controversy. victims' families demand that two british members of the islamic state group who killed hostages should face court justice. if it goes to trial, i'll certainly be there, i certainly want to look them in the eye and let them know that i am who i am and they have destroyed a big part of my life. uber agrees to pay waymo 2115

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