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now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: marcus smith pulls the strings as england sting italy in rome, setting their six nations campaign back on course. they've been on a roll recently, but can newcastle win again in the premier league? and the weir and wonderful of a manchester derby. caroline delivers the moment of the match, and not for the first time. also coming up in the programme: as the rest of beijing cowers under a blizzard, indoors, it's a good day for britain's curlers at the winter olympics.

hello again. welcome to the programme. eddiejones wanted england to be ruthless in rome, and he got what he wanted. the team got what they needed too. after an opening weekend defeat to scotland, they beat italy 33—0 in the six nations, with fly half marcus smith orchestrating throughout. nesta mcgregor has more. if england were out of tune last week, then italy are often the perfect opponents to get you back on song. the olympic stadium in rome pitch—perfect to conduct a masterpiece. a breakthrough didn't take long. marcus smith opening the scoring. the fly—half is dubbed as one for the future, but not a bad present as he turns 23 tomorrow. as expected, england produced a dominant first half. two more tries from their number two jamie george made it convincing at the break. the performance of eddiejones�*s

group must have been music to his ears. england would put more points on the board, but the second half was always going to be about ben youngs — this appearance a men's record 114th cap, the joint—most alongside world cup—winning propjason leonard. hardly a classic, then, but a performance which hit a few of the right notes. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. so the second weekend is complete in the six nations. here's a look at the six nations. here's a look at the table. france are the only remaining unbeaten team after their win over ireland. and england slot in behind them as the best of those with one win from their two games. the weather in rome was considerably better than it was in london, where saracens dealt with the wind and rain a little better to beat defending premiership champions harlequins.

sean maitland scored one of two tries for sarries in the first half, but the scores were level at half—time, only for the home side to pull away through three penalties after the break from alex lozowski to seal a 19—10 win and a league double over their london rivals. to football now, and west ham and manager david moyes have again been criticised for selecting kurt zouma to feature in their premier league game away to leicester city. but the defender is believed to have had problems with his vision in the warm—up and was feeling sick and, after long discussions with west ham's backroom staff, didn't take part in the game. zouma came under intense criticism after a video showed him kicking and slapping his pet cat. west ham went 1—0 up. jarred bowen found himself on the end of a issa diop pass, the man who replaced zouma in the starting 11, before cooly finishing to put the hammers 1—0 up. tielemans put the foxes level from the spot, before ricardo pereira popped up at the far post to give leciester a 2—1 lead. but craig dawson delivered a hammer blow in injury time, as the irons snatched a point at the king power.

it finished 2—2. liverpool have reduced manchester city's lead at the top of the premier league to nine points after winning 1—0 at burnley. fabinho has been on an unlikely scoring streak of late, certainly by his standards, and he bundled in after a corner to give liverpool the three points. burnley, meanwhile, stay bottom. newcastle have put more space between themselves and the bottom three. it's four points now after a fourth win of the season. nearly all of those victories have come in a recent run that represents a significant resurgence, as lydia campbell reports. things are much happier around st james park these days, with two premier league wins in a row, this is a club finally united. 0n the pitch, relegation is still a real possibility, but maybe a penalty would help. given by the referee, but var decided the chambers foul on willie kwes outside the box. but who

needs a penalty when you can do this from a free kick? that's two in two now for kieran trippier. in the second half, it was the fancy footwork of saint—maximin that was causing a bill of but then in an instant, the away side thought they had an equaliser through 0llie watkins, only for var to once again have the final say. that was cheered nearly as much as the goal in newcastle. this was just not villa's day, so no prizes for what steven gerrard was thinking here. the mood for those in black and white could not be more different, though. this is newcastle side moving in the right direction. lydia campbell, bbc news. in the final of the four games today, wolves have gone above spurs after beating them 2—0, both goals in the first half from rauljiminez and leander dendoncker, taking wolves seventh. it's spurs�* third

straight league defeat. caroline weir has a habit of doing what she did again in the women's super league manchester derby this afternoon. her superb goal was the difference between her team — city — and united, asjo currie reports. not even the manchester rain could dampen this highly anticipated derby clash. both teams needing points as they chase european football. manchester city threatened first, lauren hemp unable to control the ball in front of an open goal — the highlight of an otherwise underwhelming first half. after the break, jess park tried to spark the match into life, only to be denied by the woodwork. manchester united's chances were few and far between. martha thomas first to the ball here, but could not find the target. the match looked like it was heading for an uninspiring draw, until this. caroline weir on as a second—half substitute with a moment of magic. caroline weir undoes manchester united with a moment

of sheer brilliance! a little look up, and then the audacious chip. in front of a stadium record crowd, city ahead and withjust under ten minutes to hang on. but with united unable to mount a response, the home side saw out the win. bragging rights in the bag, but far more importantly, the three points which edge city closer to the top of the table and the champions league spots. jo currie, bbc news. elsewhere, spurs have gone third above manchester united after two late goals gave them a 2—0 win at bottom side birmingham. aston villa, brighton and leicester all had comfortable wins. scottish premiership leaders celtic are through to the quarterfinals of the scottish cup, after a 4—0 win at home to championship side raith rovers. ange postecoglou had made seven changes from the side that beat aberdeen on wednesday. liam scales took his chance to impress and gave celtic the lead. 0nly 1—0 at half—time, but celtic

ran away with it after the break. giorgios giakoumakis made it two midway through the second half. number three came from a corner daezen maeda headed in, before nir bitton added the fourth late on. and hibernian are also into the last eight — after they beat arbroath 3—1. they came from a goal down to beat the championship leaders, chris mueller scoring the third. the win ends their five—game wait for a victory. one of the features of these beijing winter olympics is the need for fake snow. not today, though, as the challenging conditions caused havoc. but the men's giant slalom did go ahead — marking the appearance of one of the games�* more unlikely competitors. andy swiss reports. he's out! it was a day when just staying upright deserved a gold medal. amid appalling conditions, nearly half the giant slalom field didn't even make it down. of those who did, switzerland's marco 0dermatt managed it

the fastest to take victory. 0dermatt has it! it was the man who did it the slowest who share the limelight. benjamin alexander is a former dj who only started skiing when he was 32. now jamaica's first—ever alpine skier, he finished over one minute behind the winner, but his place in olympic folklore was guaranteed. it was the hardest race course that i've ever been on. my back is aching, my legs are aching, i had some treatment with the physio in the break in the middle — still not enough. i need a hot bath and maybe a half a dozen beers. the heavy snow is certainly causing some disruption. we were meant to have qualifying for the slope style skiing here, but that's had to be postponed. fingers crossed for better weather tomorrow. on a good day to stay indoors, britain's curlers certainly enjoyed themselves, both the men's and women's teams winning their latest group matches.

meanwhile, the 15—year—old figure skater kamila valieva trained this morning. she is expected to find out tomorrow whether she can compete in her individual event here or whether her olympic games are over. andy swiss, bbc news, beijing. so as andy mentioned, it's been a successful day for both curling teams. indeed, the first time they've combined for three wins out of three. eve muirhead and her rink beat denmark and are now third in the table having won three of theirfive round robin matches. the top four go through to the semi—finals. and things are going even betterfor the men. bruce mouat and his side made light work of the danes, as they won 8—2. earlier, they beat hosts china 7—6. they now sit second in the table having won all but one of their five matches. that was a really good day. it was nice to get off to a good start this morning and kind of seal the deal with a really good performance there. ~ . , . with a really good performance there. ~ ., , , there. was that your best performance _ there. was that your best performance so _ there. was that your best performance so far? - there. was that your best. performance so far? yeah, there. was that your best i performance so far? yeah, i there. was that your best - performance so far? yeah, i think there. was that your best _ performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably _ performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably up _ performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably up there. _ performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably up there. we - performance so far? yeah, i think it was probably up there. we have - performance so far? yeah, i think it| was probably up there. we have had quite a lot of good performances. we just had that one blip against the

us, ithink just had that one blip against the us, i think we are in a really, really good spot heading forward. england's liam livingstone fetched the highest price of any foreign player in the auction for the indian premier league. the punjab kings bought the lancashire all rounder for more than £1.1 million. livinsgtone only cost £73,000 last year but had a record—breaking summer in white ball cricket, including the fastest ever t20 century for an england player offjust 42 balls. he was also named most valuable player in the first edition of the hundred. in a season at the end of which the nfl has said goodbye to tom brady, perhaps a chance for a new quarterback to fill the void. but the two playing in super bowl lvi later in los angeles might not be the ones you'd expect. so in the shadow of the hollywood hills, which of the la rams' matthew stafford and joe burrow of the cincinnati bengals will become a star? melissa jacobs is a nfl writer for the guardian. there's no villains in this game, there's no worldwide names like rady, but it's really a david versus goliath. in the way these two

franchises have built their teams up our vastly different, with the rams having these huge names like 0dell beckham jr and aaron donald and bringing in matthew stafford and all the pieces, where the bengals really just plucked this court a couple years ago. he has elevated this whole team, in a sort of cinderella story, with the bengals. the rams have everything going for them on paper, all the analytics would point to them being the favourites for a reason, but they do have a tendency, in their quebec matthew stafford in particular, to shoot themselves in the foot from time to time. stafford is an incredible athlete, but he is also mistake prone, and has thrown a few interceptions, so if that were to occur in the super bowl, usually who wins the turnover battle wins the game. and it is live on bbc one from 11pm

and it is live on bbc one from ”pm this evening. that's all from sportsday. great to have your company this evening. speak to you later. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i'mjane hill, and to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode, as ever. hi again, mark. what have you been watching? very mixed bag. we have death on the nile. hercule poirot and his moustache are back. we have an animated documentary, flee. and marry me — what happens when a pop star marries a fan? death on the nile. kenneth branagh's been busy. he has.

this was shot in 2019, and it's been delayed because of covid. and then, of course, belfast has come out, done incredibly well with audiences and done incredibly well with awards voters, so it's a bit odd this is coming out now. it's directed by branagh, it stars branagh as hercule poirot. the story is, he's on the nile, there's a steamer. it is full of a variety show cast list of people, all of whom will either be victims or suspects at some point. lot of glitz, lot of glamour. here's a clip. # shout, sister, shout # tell the whole world what it's all about # there's a reason for a mountain

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