saturday, managing and collapsed on saturday, and was battling this problem in the hospital. got his football wishes and all the best committee had a great career as a player with celtic, and... he went on to manage teams and did well in scotland before heading south to york. much loved scottish player, one of the most talented defenders of ever seen, but most of all a thoroughly great guy. is dad also named jackie laid with hibbs in celtic and i know he's at the bit with his son and of family at the moment. we wish them all the best and hope that he can get his his victory in the game. the row between the scotland head coach, gregor townsend and star fly—half, finn russell rumbles on. russell hasn't played any part in scotland's six nations campaign after "breaching team protocol" during a drinking session at the team hotel before the championship started. and their relationship has soured even more after scotland lost the calcutta cup to england over the weekend.

andy burke reports. in the midst of storm ciara, any hint ofa in the midst of storm ciara, any hint of a six nations challenge this season was hint of a six nations challenge this season was blown away. england head of the conditions just that little bit better, and on this foulest of days one try was always likely to be enough to win the calcutta cup. two defeats to start the tournament and a bad defeat for gregor was made worse on sunday when you read the scathing comments about him giving to the study times by his exiled star fly half. then russell to the study times by his exiled starfly half. then russell said eight years of adam as a coach i obviously any player that does not wa nt to obviously any player that does not want to be involved in playing for

scotland, that is their choice stop a player that leaves out of the group and states publicly they don't wa nt to group and states publicly they don't want to be involved in the current environment, that is absolutely their choice. you can't make them was yellow not at all. you have the privilege of playing for your country and it's one that you have got to be totally committed to. the bond between coach and player looks, at this stage committed to be broken beyond repair. if there any chance of russell playing for scotland under townsend again?” of russell playing for scotland under townsend again? i would hope so. under townsend again? i would hope so. he has played 49 times for scotland. i have coached them for seven years. he can play very well for his country. and if he comes back and is willing to agree to what we are currently living by in terms of standards we have set then of course he can play a part in the future. often it's work results dictate the narrative and as long as

they continue on this losing run the absence of russell will remain a stick with which to beat the head coach. with the resolution between the protagonists looking extremely remote on the victories will change the story for gregor townsend. the weather, and more specifically storm ciara got in the way of lots of sporting events over the weekend. manchester city's premier league game against west ham was postponed, as was the entire women's super league schedule. it also affected the women's six nations game between scotland and england. it was supposed to be played yesterday in glasgow, but instead was played today at murrayfield in edinburgh. jo currie was watching this one. enough to send a shiver down the spine, arriving at murrayfield for a six nations match with no crowd to watch after storm ciara postponed the fixture yesterday, today was being played behind closed doors for safety reasons. there was a brief hint of sunshine for england's opening points, eventually powering through to touch down. more tries were to

follow with abbey dow claiming the pick of the bunch in the first half, running almost the length of the pitch as scotland struggled to get to grips with the champions. emily scarratt on target with the conversion, sending england in at the break with a healthy lead. with the change of ends came a change in the weather, sleet, snow and freezing conditions to test the hardiest of athletes, but england adjusted quicker, scoring five more unanswered tries. emily scott ploughed through the scotland defence to start the second half. as temperatures plummeted players had to find new ways to keep themselves warm. scotland's miserable afternoon was summed up by this mix—up at the

back. she throws the ball to herself... with the easiest of touchdowns. scotland self—destruct. she added the final conversion to not only sign off on a dominant win and keep their grand slam hopes on track but also become england women's all—time leading points scorer. you don't often play in the snow like this but i think we played well and did the best we could in the conditions. a white out at murrayfield that will live long in the memory. let's bring you some of today's other sports news headlines, and dele alli has apologised for making a joke about the coronavirus. in a video posted on social media, the tottenham and england midfielder joked about the outbreak and appeared to mock an asian man. he's since deleted the snapchat post, and says he's let himself and the club down. meanwhile, the everton goalkeeper, jordan pickford says that playing for england means that "everyone hates you". pickford came under criticism for a goal in everton's 3—1 win over crystal palce on saturday. pickford says that criticism is unfair, but it's someting he has to live with.

the legendary brazilian footballer, pele, is unable to walk unaided, and reluctant to leave his house — that's according to his son. pele is 79 years old, and has suffered ill health in recent years and needs a frame to walk. his son, ed—inio told brazilian tv that his father is very sheepish and reclusive. and rory mcilroy is back as the world number one. he returns to the top of the golf rankings for the first time in five years. he did it without even playing or winning a tournament, as the points are calculated over a two year period. and, there will be no british basketball team at the olympics in tokyo this summer after the women's side lost their final qualifer to spain. it brings to an end a difficult few years for the teams, who've struggled for funding since the london olympics because of a lack of medal winning potential.

ben croucher reports on what this latest setback could mean for british basketball. uncertain future for the squad, they lost their lottery money after london 2012 from both the men's and women's team events picked gripping by minimalfund if the women's team events picked gripping by minimal fund if the last few yea rs. by minimal fund if the last few years. failing to reach the olympics he was big? for the future. to put these figures into context cycling receives nearly £30 million in uk casework funding. while growing car that gets more than 30 million. 30.5 to be exact. as we will sit out of the world—class programme and as such, as they were not predicted to win medals in tokyo they received just and hundred £30,000. they finished fourth and then push them into the qualifiers over the weekend. the money to get is similar to sports like archery, karate and climbing which can speaking up the

journalists than he, many thanks for joining us on sports day. this tells how hard this is for the team and with the future now holds. is extreme the hardest person for the girls because for many years they have been flying that flag so hard for british basketball. everything one of those women on the team have worked extremely hard with practically nothing. these girls come out every single time and fight, and when you look at the statistics in regards to the money it is sports get a new look at what the participation level of basketball in the uk it does not make sense why uk sports do not fund these girls. talking of the years of toil they have taken just to get here, from london 2012 of the last eight years to 2020, both the ups and downs that this team have had. from london 2012 they lost their funding, you go to the commonwealth and then they go from being 19th to

may 18—11 in europe. because the semi finals and then qualify for tokyo. these girls are running on nothing. i love these girls represented the country and get back to the community getting back to the sports include programme to really inspire the next generation of basketball others. they are doing so much when it comes to the disappointment it's about the love of investment they have with these teams, you look at the men's team i'iow teams, you look at the men's team now are we had nba players that were pa rt of now are we had nba players that were part of the team, look at the women's team and they have them playing in the wnba and some of them playing in the wnba and some of them play in the uk with no money because we don't have a professional league in the uk. you look at a participation level and it's so high. so how uk sports decide you are not going to fund these girls is beyond me because they are doing so well. look at the journey they have

travelled and still no funding. it does not make sense. that's all from sportsday. enjoy the rest of your evenining. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nicola bartlett, who's a political correspondent for the daily mirror, and asa bennett, brexit commissoning editor at the telegraph. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. you are still bugs the commissioner even though it's happening. brexit onwards. it was like our title of their in the evening. beyond 100 days. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. tomorrow's daily telegraph leads on the new powers for police

to force those suspected of having the coronavirus into quarantine to protect the public. the sun has the news that the queen's grandson peter phillips is to separate from his wife autumn after 12 years of marriage. the financial times says chancellor sajid javid is pushing for a deal that would allow the city of london access to the eu market after the brexit transition. ‘sold down the river‘ is the headline on the front of tomorrow's daily mirror, as flooded residents clear up after storm ciara. the paper says communities in the north have been left without proper defences. the i reports on billions earmarked by the government for new bus and bicycle routes. tomorrow's metro leads on the two gps who are among four new sufferers of the coronavirus in britain. and tomorrow's guardian has the story that girls today are reaching puberty almost a year earlier than their mothers did. the paper also has a front page picture of the jubilant team behind parasite, the first ever foreign language film to win best oscar. let's see how many winners we have

gotten the front page headlines tomorrow morning. billions to be spent on buses and bike routes. and we would think this is a story about trains. all about buses, don't take about trains, don't derail the topic as it were. the real and nominal flexion of item here are the buses and boris johnson will spend flexion of item here are the buses and borisjohnson will spend £5 billion worth on them so tory mp south of something to shout about. and on buses versus trains, because of course we are going to touch on hs two. as well believes that railway services are a southern matter. the only matter to the commuters in the southeast. whereas buses are what real people, beyond the labour northern part lance would have been commuting on. this matters of this is whyjeremy corbyn used to go on about buses and people thought he was dodgy as a result. turns out he was dodgy as a result. turns out he had a sharp political mind. and they've stolen the best policies as

a result. and very parisian terms they will be so frequent these areas you just hop on and hop off practically. it all sounds very good, liversidge is very paltry and should do more. the radar hs two, high—speed rail to commit many tories hate because it would go through their backyard. looking at my nice new shiny bus i'm ploughing through the country. if you are explaining to your constituents just say you will be leveling up their bus services and don't think of that. this is the compromising of the payment is the majority so we can spend it. is it going to work? no. it's a very nice picture that he paints, but certainly not as simple as that, and hs two has been this millstone around consecutive tory prime minister is next. it's got to the point where it almost became

politically impossible for poor shots and not to continue with it. his whole spiel during the general election was about leveling up as you say, he is trying to be a tory prime minister the whole country, especially for the north midlands and some places which voted for the first time. he cannot then go and cancel a plan for a train line. it's a kind of weird proposal because it's kind of disliked by lots of people on all sides of political areas, for different reasons it unites a strange coalition of people. the weight that this has turned out with him having a huge majority as it means loads of mps especially some new ones as well have the opportunity to say they are against it but don't actually have to vote when they don't have to be responsible for it. which means they

don't have to have an expensive excuse like not to vote like when borisjohnson discovered he had to be in afghanistan on the time of the third runway vote. hejust had be in afghanistan on the time of the third runway vote. he just had to be in afghanistan on the time of the third runway vote. hejust had to be there. i unfortunately missed the vote. no danger of any of that, no ministers were defined unexpected entries in their diaries saying to have to be somewhere. and also they have to be somewhere. and also they have delayed some of the elements leaking up with others. so the hope is if they are logical about this but they can then tie that into other improvement works across the north. so it's quite early but andy burnham mayor of greater manchester seem burnham mayor of greater manchester seem to making positive sounds evening. and i think this is one of those opportunities for investment that actually does affect people. that's the difficulty. four shots and can pledge this money but less people see a bus, i cannot believe this is radical in 2020, but