message to the comment. 50 no message to the saracens comment. so no message to the saracens fan, many i'm sure will be word this evening about what happens next season and of course the players who face an uncertain future going forward. dan roan there. well former england international alex goode feels the punishment would fit the crime. asi as i was the clubs that are in the premiership at the minute that are clearly looking over their shoulder and thinking from everybody is presuming saracens will continue to play in the form they are in, but the quality stars that they have come up they surely must file it must be breaking the salary cap so there must be something done. they haven't taken those measures. the rules at rugby premiership are looking at a meeting relegation at the end of the season if that is a case. we don't know that for sure yet but if that is the case, then it can only be a just punishment. what a day it's been for england and ollie pope. the 22—year—old finished on 135 not out in just his sixth test as england piled up 499 for nine

in their first innings on day two of the thrid test against south africa in port elizabeth. ben stokes made his ninth test tonne, finally out for 120 south africa were 60 for two at the close of play with england spinner dom bess taking both wickets. the home side still trail by a39 runs. i felt like i ifelt like i got it for two i felt like i got it for two and then at mid—on, they gave up on it and as soon as i then at mid—on, they gave up on it and as soon as i saw then at mid—on, they gave up on it and as soon as i saw him give up, i wa nt to and as soon as i saw him give up, i want to the far side. it was a celebration to be honest. i didn't know what to do. just getting rid of a bit of energy. it was a pretty special moment. it was awesome to look at the boys in the changing room and see it and seeing how happy they were as well, something we really enjoy, enjoy each other‘s success. really enjoy, enjoy each other‘s success. that was pretty awesome. so a day ollie pope will remember for the rest of his life. earlierjonathan trott joined us in the studio and gave us his reaction. the thing that struck me, and what

pressed me usually was he didn't feel as he had to play like ben stokes. he played in the same manner. he didn't feel like he had to add to it, he was very co mforta ble to add to it, he was very comfortable himself, letting ben stokes be the aggressor and taking the attack to the south africans. but also whenever you lose a wicket and lose momentum, likejos buttler came in and got out as well. for a young man the way he did, he marshalled the rest of the was out flamboyance at the end when he was ramping the pace guys over the keeper when the fielders are back. the complete skill and my scent to not change too much and felt like he had to do something different. a bit ofa had to do something different. a bit of a case where we have rory burns out as well. he will come in and add to that top border so hopefully quality can get if you ryan zinke to come in and add to that top border so come in and add to that top border so hopefully quality can get if you are rinsing and comforting playing international car confront stop jet —— just needing that big score. straightaway within a few innings or a gamer so we straightaway within a few innings or

a gamer so we have a straightaway within a few innings or a gamer so we have a 22 euros score 100, getting rains crowley looks good, said what is players are starting to emerge in test cricket. that's 22—year—old. it's and ben stokes. they will enjoy having these players coming to the fore and adding getting england towards big numbers that we got today. not a great day for south africa then. not helped either with news that broke at the start of play that kagiso rabada will miss the last test in johannesburg. he's been punished for his extravegant celebration ofjoe root‘s wicket yesterday — and combined with other transgretions from 2018 — will now see him sit out a test. here's what our correspondent jonathan agnew made of it. it isa it is a great shame but you have to say at the end players are responsible. if you toss up points speeding to disqualification, you have been speeding and likewise, i'm afraid kagiso ra bada's have been speeding and likewise, i'm afraid kagiso rabada's points, the actual offence that brought about the final point was only a minor one

really. but he has built up the points up to then. i'm afraid if you are ina points up to then. i'm afraid if you are in a situation where you overstepped the mark once more, and you will get suspended, you know that. i am afraid come you can only really put the finger at the player. there was no shock in the scottish cup tonight as rangers eased past third tier stranraer in their fourth round tie at ibrox. stranraer are bottom of league one but held out untiljust before half time when scott arfield poked in the opening goal. and jermain defoe's second half penalty ensured it was a stress—free night for rangers who go through to round five. fulham are just four points off the top of the championship, having beaten middlesbrough 1—0 at craven. cottage. the only goal came in the sixth minute when anthony knockaert reacted fastest at the far post from joe bryan's low cross. three wins in a row for fulham now — who are up to third. the decision to move next year is world cup with a catastrophe according tojurgen world cup with a catastrophe according to jurgen klopp. world cup with a catastrophe according tojurgen klopp. faced with the prospect of leaving the likes of mo sala for a month. he

dissected harry kane as an example of the dangers of football is playing too many games. that she cited harry kane. the term are played by players. they don't have a break. —— these tournaments are played by players. ifeel break. —— these tournaments are played by players. i feel massively for harry kane. maybe not in the euros. for the first time, some english people will start thinking, too many games may be. what if something has to happen that we start really thinking about it? fifa, uefa, fa, all of the countries have to come together and finally solve that. time to rattle through some of friday's other stories and... premier league referees could use pitchside monitors this weekend for the first time to review red cards. they've always been available to them but haven't yet been used in the league for fears it'll slow the game too much. dave gilbert lies in wait next. gilbert knocked in a break of 144 on the way to beating stephen maguire by six frames to two on his masters debut.

justin rose is well placed as he looks for his first victory on tour in almost a year. the englishman shot a second—round of 66 to move to eight—under—par at the singapore 0pen. he's two shots off the top of the leaderboard. carlos sainz has won his third dakar rally at the age of 57. the two—time world rally champion eased through the final stage kirstie and when chained to the squad for the recent series over pakistan. —— when change to the side. carlos sainz has won his third dakar rally at the age of 57. the two—time world rally champion eased through the final stage in saudi arabia to win by over six minutes. honda's ricky brabec became the first american to win the motorbike classification. a giant set of olympics rings have arrived in tokyo ahead of the summer's games. measuring over 15 metres high they arrived by barge, ahead of an official unveiling ceremony next week. there'll be four british women

in the australian open tennis next week after harriet dart came through qualifying. british number one johanna konta will be there — despite a knee problem. andy murray meanwhile has had to put back his latest return from injury. from melbourne, here's our tennis correspondent russel fuller. the news andy murray is not unexpected. no australian open and 110w unexpected. no australian open and now we know he will not play indoors in february in either not palliate 01’ in february in either not palliate or write it down. it may concern here is that if this pelvic bone bruise is related to his hip surgery which he had this time last year, which he had this time last year, which seems entirely possible, it may not be quite such a straightforward problem to fix. he doesn't appear to be spending with some of the tennis court at all at the moment, more jim some of the tennis court at all at the moment, morejim work in gogo which is that him and good stead throughout his career. as for you had a cot to come she says that her injury and the injury that plagued her last year is manageable for a johanna konta. it is not acute and she is ready to go at the shrugging open but she has said she will not play for gb

open but she has said she will not playforgb in open but she has said she will not play for gb in the fed cup in twe nty20. play for gb in the fed cup in twenty20. partly because of the knee and also because it is an olympic year as you want to be able to play the sport for as long as humanly possible. i am not playing at the fed cup this year. i had a good chat with and i have our full support. fed cup this year. i had a good chat with and i have ourfull support. it isa with and i have ourfull support. it is a tough decision to make because thatis is a tough decision to make because that is something that has been a lwa ys that is something that has been always very close to my heart and i've had some incredible experiences in my career so far at fed cup and i'm definitely looking to hopefully have some more. foi’ i'm definitely looking to hopefully have some more. for this season, because it is an olympic season as well, i need to take care of my body and make some of the decisions that i'm not always easy but hopefully will help me have the longevity that i want. johanna konta and russell fuller. all the time we have for sportsday. join us in the next hour. here is the papers.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are david bond, brexit editor at the financial times and nicola bartlett, political correspondent for the daily mirror. we will take any moment. let's have a quick look through some of the front pages. starting with the daily mirror. their splash has an exclusive interview with the footballing hero paul gascoyne who says he has turned his life around. thanks to anti—booze pallets. meanwhile, the eyelids on the news that the government is considering scrapping the birmingham to leeds branch of the hs2. the times reports that a senior police officer admitted that his force knew about

and ignored pakistani grooming gangs for some 30 years because they didn't want to increase racial tensions. let's turn to the independent. a warning on the front page that in action from the prison allowing inmates to freely network within jails. allowing inmates to freely network withinjails. and onto harry and up the sign splashes on a story that sussex merchandise, what a headline, is being put on sale. —— harry and meghan. after their shock announcement they were quitting as senior royals. same theme on the daily mail. they cost a row question time which they daily mail has led on. “— time which they daily mail has led on. —— they caused a row. the daily telegraph leads on the scheme that offers criminals rehabilitation rather than jail offers criminals rehabilitation rather thanjail time offers criminals rehabilitation rather than jail time reporting that almost a quarter of police forces use it and it could go nationwide.

finally, will big ben bonk on brexit day? not enjoying that when at the moment. he daily express reports tory mps are demanding a commons vote to decide whether it times come january the 31st. those are the front pages. we will start off with a story that is been rumbling for some time now. the front page of the telegraph. these suffixes await a deal. kick us off i think it is quite clear the queen would like things to go back to normal. -- the sussexes. this is kind of the opposite of the way that she likes to conduct herself. there's been a lot of interest from the public and a lot of opinions and discussion on all sides. but it is a major change to the weight that they are deciding to live their lives. almost, they have been the various royals taking different roles but almost pressed into harry's position

asa almost pressed into harry's position as a senior royals to make this decision. meghan has artie made the move. anyway, it cuts a lowly figure here in the uk trying to sort things out. —— has already made the move. i think that that statement from the queen about as angry as the queen could possibly get i would've thought despite the understated language. totally unprecedented as a statement. five days feels like the story is moving on so quickly. but not quickly enough of the queen. who likes to move in on as soon as she can. and get things back to normal. but remember, it looks like harry and meghan were planning for this for a very long time. of course, on the hot by the way they put the statement out in the first place and thatis statement out in the first place and that is really it has left left the queen and the senior court tears

scrambling to try and find a solution to this but it is not an easy solution. they have to work out what they will do about the titles and what they would do about the security and you can see already this quite a place mat coming from canada for this because they are worried about having to pick up the security tab if they do move over there. so many on was all question so there. so many on was all question so i'm not surprised they haven't got managed to get a deal as quickly as possible. that's unanswered questions. if you look at megan's career questions. if you look at megan's career before she married prince harry, she was used to being in the public eye. she is used to being a celebrity. in dealing with their own pr is aware, they got consumed into the kind of machine of the royal family andi the kind of machine of the royal family and i don't think she ever sat there comfortably perhaps within it. they have kind of as you said it led on this and caught the royals on the back foot. i think there's been a bit of public backlash the fact the queen wasn't prepared. but there is some suggestion that the royal family may be up on some of their

ways in which they were not really that happy. and maybe try to deal with those. the royalfamily that happy. and maybe try to deal with those. the royal family kind just doubles down a lot of the time and ignores people being upset. you see that and then these are sometimes the consequences.” suppose the positive thing we can ta ke suppose the positive thing we can take from this is that it would provide a template for those minor royals and their future roles within the establishment. absolutely. when of the big context points here for the royal family is that now that they have a future as a slimmed—down monarchy? the idea that you really focus on on the main members of the family and of course if this does offer a way norm normalising as much as you can a life for the minor royals communicated be a good thing but don't forget, let's remember very difficult period in which the royal family and the queen has been through, the business with prince andrew in the interview with the bbc and epstein and prince philip and he

has been unwell. this is been a very stressful time for the queen so you can understand why they do want to find a solution as quickly as they can. you think the royal family know how to handle media and pr but it is such a steep learning curve, nonstop. let's turn to the front page of the daily mail. megan on it. that either of you watch the programme last night?” that either of you watch the programme last night? i caught up on it. i didn't watch it at the time. it was, i was surprised... i wasn't surprised issues came up but i was quite surprised about the way in which that row kind of escalated. especially the way that lawrence fox double down on his position. i know he was an actor. i wouldn't have had any idea about his political style of use, but after he referred to as a white pill malcolm he took offence to that and says that was racist. that's a white privilege mail. quite interesting for him to do that

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