cardiff blues flanker james botham will start in saturday's autumn nations cup game against georgia.was only called up to the squad on monday as head coach wayne pivac makes thirteen changes to the side that lost to irealand last friday. fly—half george ford will start on the bench for england's match with ireland at twickenham on saturday. he's been out with an achilles problem. that means owen farrell stays at 10 while maro itoje, tom curry, sam underhill, mako vuinpola and kyle sinckler return to the starting 15. centre ollie lawrence will make his second england start in an unchanged back line from the 40—nil win over georgia. definitely, there is a bit more edge around the place. you know, all the guys know that ireland's a very, very tough team, you know, what was it, 18 months ago they were ranked number one in the world, so it shows you the class and ability of this team, and we know we've got to be at our best to get the result we want to get. and in the england women's side — fly half katy daley mclean will captain the team against france on saturday at twickenham. it'll be

edinburgh overcame both the fog and cardiff blues to take their second win of the season by 15 pointsalmost impossible in the second half as the scottish side ended a four—game home losing streak. to rugby league — and challenge cup runners—up salford are looking for a new coach after announcing the sudden departure of ian watson. the red devils say watson, who has been at the club since 201a, has left them with immediate effect after being approached by another super league club. the news comes just a fortnight after he rejected an approach from hull and pledged to see out his salford contract, which was due to run to the end of 2022. former champion sergio garcia will miss this week's masters after testing positive for covid—19. tournament officials announced the news on social media on monday afternoon, just three days before the tournament gets under way. garcia defeated justin rose in a play—off to win his first major title at augusta in 2017. players like to get to the masters as early as possible. it is a very, very special place for golfers. so i would imagine that the vast ma

cardiff blues flanker james botham will start in saturday's autumn nations cup game against georgia. head coach wayne pivac makes thirteen changes to the side that lost to irealand last friday. fly—half george ford will start on the bench for england's match with ireland at twickenham on saturday. he's been out with an achilles problem. that means owen farrell stays at 10 while maro itoje, tom curry, sam underhill, mako vuinpola and kyle sinckler

cardiff blues flanker james botham will start in saturday's autumn nations cup game against georgia.coach wayne pivac makes 13 changes to the side that lost last weekend, which was their sixth straight defeat. england head coach eddiejones has kept captain owen farrell at ten for their match with ireland. george ford will start on the bench as he returns from injury. maro itoje, tom curry, sam underhill, mako vuinpola and kyle sinckler return to the starting 15. ollie lawrence will make his second england start in an unchanged back line from the win over georgia. wigan warriors are in to next week's grand final after a comfortable win over hull fc. they thrashed the visitors 29—2 with bevan french crossing for their fifth try of the match. they'll face either st helens or catala ns in the grand final next friday. and andrey rublev beat dominic thiem in their last round robin match at the 02 in london. the match was a dead rubber as the us open champion thiem had already qualified for the semi—finals. rublev, who was already out, won the first set 6—2...and sewed up the match, winning

cardiff blues flanker james botham will start in saturday's autumn nations cup game against georgia.h was their sixth straight defeat. england head coach eddiejones has kept captain 0wen farrell at ten for their match with ireland. george ford will start on the bench as he returns from injury. maro itoje, tom curry, sam underhill, mako vuinpola and kyle sinckler return to the starting 15. 0llie lawrence will make his second england start in an unchanged back line from the win over georgia. wigan warriors are in to next week's grand final after a comfortable win over hull fc. they thrashed the visitors 29—2 with bevan french crossing for their fifth try of the match. they'll face either st helens or catala ns in the grand final next friday. and andrey rublev beat dominic thiem in their last round robin match at the 02 in london. the match was a dead rubber as the us open champion thiem had already qualified for the semi—finals. rublev, who was already out, won the first set 6—2 and sewed up the match, winning the second 7—5. that is all your sport. all of today's tennis news from the

this time last year, 15—year—old osian roberts was making a name for himself playing for the cardiff bluesain on his own. from today, though, he'll be able to practise with friends again at his local club in a group of up to 30. being able to play rugby again, going back to sort of normality, it's not going to be normal, but it's going to be more normal than it used to be. as well as outdoor sports training, gyms and indoor leisure facilities will be reopening today. along with those nonessential shops including beauty parlours and hairdressers that were also closed during the firebreak. two households will also be able to mix inside and form one extended household or bubble. covid—related figures are usually delayed, so we won't know for at least another fortnight whether or not the firebreak has had the desired effect. the welsh government have already said that they wouldn't rule out another short, sharp lockdown in the new year. if it has worked, there will hopefully be further easing on restrictions in the run—up to christmas. in an effort to help those living alone and youngsters wan

meanwhile, cardiff blues scrum—half lloyd williams will make his first wales start for four years.nd josh navidi — both are out through injury. wing josh adams will be part of the backline replacing johnny mcnicholl, who's out with a rib injury. sydney thunder will play the melbourne stars in the final of the women's big bash after sydney pulled off a thrilling 12 run victory over the brisbane heat. england's tammi beaumont and heather knight were playing for sydney. both got a start in their innings, but both got out once well set. knight went for 17 and beaumont for 27. sydney's total of i43 looked vulnerable, and brisbane looked on course for victory, but they collapsed to 131 all out with nine balls still remaining. beaumont played her part with this run out as brisbane fell apart. before we go, don't forget, you can catch up with all the latest from snooker‘s uk championship. this morning, mark allen made it through to round 2 with a 6—1 win overjamie wilson. you can find more that and all of our stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport thanks, gavin. see you l

cardiff blues flanker james botham will start in saturday's autumn nations cup game against georgia.on monday, as head coach wayne pivac makes 13 changes to the side that lost last weekend — their sixth straight defeat. fly—half george ford will start on the bench for england's match with ireland, as he returns from injury. head coach eddie jones is maintaining captain owen farrell at 10 while maro itoje, tom curry, sam underhill, mako vunipola and kyle sinckler return to the starting 15. ollie lawrence will make his second england start in an unchanged back line from the 40—0 win over georgia. and, in the women's side, fly—half katy daley—mclean will captain the team against france on saturday at twickenham. it'll be her 116th cap, making her the third most capped england player of all time. british tennis number two kyle edmund has split with his coach afterjust one season together. edmund won the new york open in february alongside franco davin. but, since the tour resumed in august, has won just one of his seven matches. edmund said covid travel restrictions had made "working tog

meanwhile, in the night's other game at murrayfield, edinburgh overcame both the fog and cardiff bluesible in the second half as the scottish side ended a four—game home losing streak. to rugby league, and challenge cup runners—up salford are looking for a new coach after announcing the sudden departure of iain watson. the red devils say watson, who has been at the club since 201a, has left them with immediate effect after being approached by another super league club. the news comes just a fortnight after he rejected an approach from hull and pledged to see out his salford contract, which was due to run to the end of 2022. former champion sergio garcia will miss this week's masters after testing positive for covid—19. tournament officials announced the news on social media on monday afternoon, just three days before the tournament gets under way. garcia defeated justin rose in a play—off to win his first major title at augusta in 2017. players like to get to the masters as early as possible. it is a very, very special place for golfers. so i would imagine that the vast majority of the

this time last year, 15—year—old osian roberts was making a name for himself playing for the cardiff blueshe'll be able to practise with friends again at his local club in a group of up to 30. being able to play rugby again, going back to sort of normality, it's not going to be normal, but it's going to be more normal than it used to be. as well as outdoor sports training, gyms and indoor leisure facilities will be reopening today. along with those nonessential shops including beauty parlours and hairdressers that were also closed during the firebreak. two households will also be able to mix inside and form one extended household or bubble. covid—related figures are usually delayed, so we won't know for at least another fortnight whether or not the firebreak has had the desired effect. the welsh government have already said that they wouldn't rule out another short, sharp lockdown in the new year. if it has worked, there will hopefully be further easing on restrictions in the run—up to christmas. in an effort to help those living alone and youngsters wanting to socialise, the welsh governm

cardiff blues flanker james botham will start in saturday's autumn nations cup game against georgia.ide that lost last weekend, their sixth straight defeat. fly—half george ford will start on the bench for england's match with ireland, as he returns from injury. head coach eddiejones keeps captain owen farrell at ten while maro itoje, tom curry, sam underhill, mako vuinpola and kyle sinckler return to the starting 15. ollie lawrence will make his second england start in an unchanged back line from the win over georgia. after making history last weekend by equalling michael schumacher‘s record of seven world titles, lewis hamilton's been reflecting on his achievments. in an interview with the bbc, he says he plans to stay with mercedes and will endeavour to make the sport more diverse. he's been speaking to my colleague sally nugent. i still feel young energizer still feel hungry. it's crazy that of one to seven title but we have another big thing, fighting to win. and that's for racial equality. and diversity within my sport which i thought we would have helps just by being here but

cardiff blues flanker james botham will start in saturday's autumn nations cup game against georgia.yne pivac makes thirteen changes to the side that lost last weekend, which was their sixth straight defeat. after making history last weekend by equalling michael schumacher‘s record of seven world titles, lewis hamilton's been reflecting on his achievments. in an interview with the bbc, he says he plans to stay with mercedes and will endeavor to make the sport more diverse. he's been speaking to my colleague sally nugent. i would love to stay. i want to be here. i still feel young, i would love to stay. i want to be here. istill feel young, i i would love to stay. i want to be here. i still feel young, i still feel energised, i still feel humble, and what's crazy is, yes, i've won the seventh title, but we have another big week and another big fight to win, and that's for racial equality across the board. and that's. .. diversity equality across the board. and that's... diversity within 90 sports, which i thought would've helped shift just by sports, which i thought would've helped sh

edinburgh were 18—0 winners over cardiff blues as they moved up to third in conference b, but there were‘s sergio garcia has been forced to pull out of augusta this weekend because he has coronavirus. garcia is the second player to have withdrawn because of the virus — he said he started to get symptoms on sunday evening. the masters starts on thursday, seven months later than its usual slot in april, and just like sport around the world, it‘ll take place without fans. i do think there‘s an energy that comes off crowds, and especially at majors, and there‘s always noise, like the rumblings or anything, even when it is quiet and nobody‘s cheering, there‘s always noise every where, and ijust think, yeah, you know, i think everybody‘s grown up watching golf, with fans, with crowds, the masters with the patrons, and it‘sjust not there at the moment, but, you know, hopefully soon it will be back. now normally, of course, the masters is played in spring, and we‘re used to the wonderful colours of the flowers, but this year of course it‘s being played in autumn. let us have a look at the scenes

this time last year, 15—year—old 0sian roberts was making a name for himself playing for the cardiff blueshe'll be able to practice with friends again at his local club in a group of up to 30. being able to play rugby again, going back to sort of normality, it's not going to be normal, but it's going to be more normal than it used to be. as well as outdoor sports training, gyms and indoor leisure facilities will be reopening, along with those non—essential shops that were closed during the firebreak. two households will also be able to mix and form one extended household or bubble. in an effort to help those living alone and youngsters, the welsh government have said that four people from different households will be able to meet for a walk or in a cafe, bar or restaurant. but those different four will have to socially distance in a hospitality venue, where id checks will also be required. staff's your biggest cost. now we've got extra people to make sure that these id checks are done, that the track and trace is still being done, that the cleaning is still getting done. we're going to end

meanwhile cardiff blues scrum—half lloyd williams will make his first wales start for four years.l the latest from snooker‘s uk championship. this morning mark allen made it through to round 2 with a 6—1win overjamie wilson. you can find more that and all of our stories on the bbc sport website. the chancellor has been defending his decision to freeze the pay of many public sector workers, saying that ‘tough choices' had to be made about which workers would get a pay rise because of the economic impact of coronavirus. concerns have also been raised about the impact of the plans revealed in yesterday's spending review on some of the poorest households. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. overshadowed in the spending review by the vast sums spent and borrowed to tackle covid was a surprising fact. analysis of the review‘s final print carried out overnight reveals that away from emergency spending, the government actually plans to cut normal spending on public services by more than £10 billion. it's important to say that for next year government spending plans work wer

this time last year, 15—year—old osain roberts was making a name for himself playing for the cardiff blues, he's had to train on his own. from today, though, he'll be able to practice with friends again at his local club in a group of up to 30. being able to play rugby again, going back to sort of normality, it's not going to be normal, but it's going to be more normal than it used to be. as well as outdoor sports training, gyms and indoor leisure facilities will be reopening, along with those non—essential shops that were closed during the firebreak. two households will also be able to mix and form one extended household or bubble. in an effort to help those living alone and youngsters, the welsh government have said that for people from different households will be able to meet for a walk or in a cafe, bar or restaurant. but those different four will have to socially distance in a hospitality venue, where id checks will also be required. staff's your biggest cost. now we've got extra people to make sure that these id checks are done, that the track and trace is still being done, that the