* who the players are no well as well, the saracens who the players are no well and certainly they will the been talking about the physical challenge that they're expecting but they will not be taking anything for granted. rangers have sacked their manager michael beale after they lost to aberdeen this weekend. that was rangers�* third scottish premiership defeat of the season. afterjust seven games, they are in third place, seven points off the league leaders, celtic and have also suffered a heavy champions league play—off defeat to psv eindhoven this month. there was a place in the top half of the premier league table on offer for the winner of the only premier league match on sunday. there was a nightmare spell for the hosts, nottingham forest, with moussa niakhate sent off just before the hour mark and a couple of minutes later brentford's captain christian norgaard got the opening goal. but nicolas dominguez scored his first goal for forest to level and it finished 1—all at the city ground. forest move up to 11th while brentford end the weekend in 13th place in the premier league.

exeter led 41—0 at half time — before saracens improved after the break...m ben spencer in that one. and it went right to the wire, for gloucester, in their victory over harlequins... jamal ford—robinson's try, in stoppage time, enough for them to squeeze a 29—28 win. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. nathan kimsey could be set for a sunday to remember at the spanish 0pen. the englishman — ranked 159th in the world — is in second place heading into the final round, just two shots behind the leader, frenchman matthieu pavon. city of troy earned comparisons with wonder horse frankel after storming to victory in the dewhurst stakes at newmarket. the favourite cruised home by over three and half lengths to give trainer aiden 0'brien a record equalling eighth winner in this race. judd trump is through to the final of the wuhan 0pen after beating china's woo yizzer by six frames to one. he'll face fellow englishman ali carter tomorrow as he looks to win back to back ranking titles. for the first time in six months the

harlequins held on to beat london rivals saracens by 36 points to 29 in what was a dead rubber in thed on for victory. both sides are unable to reach the semi—finals after gloucester won their opening four games. athletejemma reekie sez she's been spurred on by the success of her fellow scottish middle distance runners as she looks ahead to a big year on the track. the 800 metre specialist has had an eventful season but as she told sheelagh mclaren with the world indoors and the paris olympics on the horizon, she's feeling positive about the future. she made her mark at the tokyo 0lympics she made her mark at the tokyo olympics in 2021 and natalie missing out on the metal and a strong 800 metres field. now, she has her sights and pulled the step further in paris and taking her place on the podium. brute in paris and taking her place on the odium. ~ ., in paris and taking her place on the odium. ~ . ., . . , ., ., podium. we have world champion last ear and podium. we have world champion last year and other— podium. we have world champion last year and other world _ podium. we have wor

in domestic rugby, it's been a horrible start to the new season for defending champions saracens.ll backjosh hodge. exeter led 41—0 at half time — before saracens improved after the break, but it was much too little, too late. there were also wins for bath and gloucester. in rugby league, we're less than half an hour away from super league's grand final. league winners wigan warriors are taking on catalans dragons — who are aiming to lift the trophy for the very first time. adam wild is at old trafford for us to look ahead. yes just minutes away from the climax of the rugby league season after 3040 weeks we finally have reached the grand final. it has been 1400 61 days of saint helen's dominance. the one thing we know for certain is that and said tonight. it is the top two clubs at the end of the regular season. we warriors against the catalans dragons. for weekend, they will have an exceptional season particularly for their coach. a couple of years ago when he was appointed there were a fair few eyebrows raised as his first head coach job fair few eyebrows raised as his first hea

the saracens used ballistas and catapults, the walls exploded, and the leader of the crusaders, bolianrs earlier. he freed the townspeople for their skill. and he simply released many poor and old people without money. however, 15,000 residents of jerusalem, including 8,000 women and children, were still sold into slavery. when they learned about the defeat of the crusaders in europe, they began to prepare another crusade, but it was not possible to return jerusalem soon and not for long. on october 2, 1608, the dutch optician hans lippershey publicly demonstrated his invention, a telescope, a telescope prototype. hans lived in middleburg, dutch. glass blower in the city, the most advanced lenses for that time were produced there. according to legend, he saw children playing with two lenses, convex and concave folded together, and noticed the effect of magnification. on that memorable day, hans was invited to the hague to the court of the ruler of the county of holland, prince moritz aransky to show the device in action. the court diplomats who came to look at the display were impresse

defending champions saracens fell to their second defeat of the premiership season as they were beatening by 24 points to 17 thanks to robert du preez�*s match winning performance. in the day's other game, bristol beat northampton saints. on to the united rugby championship — and defending champions munster have made a winning start to their title defence, beating the sharks of south africa 34—21. elsewhere, there were wins for ulster, connacht and edinburgh, while cardiff suffered a late defeat at home to benetton. wales have been beaten in their opening match of the wxv — rugby union's newest competition in the women's game. they faced canada, a side they'd not beaten since 2006, and wales were in the game at half—time when they reduced the deficit to four points. but canada scored three second—half tries to win 42—22 in wellington. max verstappen will start tonight's sprint race at the united states grand prix from pole. the world champion could only manage sixth in qualifying for sunday's main race, but no—one could catch him in the sprint shoot—out. ferrari's charles leclerc will

sharks were beaten by saracens in the premiership final at twickenham in may.n rugby league's super league, after coming from behind to beat toulouse olympique in the championship grand final. (oov)the french side led 14—4 at half—time, the french side led 14—4 at half—time, but the broncos fought back with three second half tries — including two from iliess macani. cue the celebrations for the london club, who are back in the the top flight for the first time since 2019 when they were relegated on points difference. to the cricket world cup in india where afghanistan have pulled off the biggest win in their world cup history — beating england by 69 runs in delhi. patrick geary reports on a disappointing day for the defending champions. afghanistan believe they are getting closer to england, belief has always been important in their cricket. allowing them to clear hurdles but few expected the force unleashed. rashid the match turner, halting the afghan church. others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root, england back on top of the sun had not yet se

saracens' ella wyrwas earns a first start for her country at scrum—half after featuring three times asiate effect. the men's team went into administration last year but the women's side secured independent funding injanuary to help them carry on. britain's cameron norrie has been beaten in straight sets by american top seed and defending champion taylor fritz in the first round of the japan open. jack draper was also beaten by australia's alex de minaur. bit of sad news to bring you now, ivor robson, the official starter at the open for 41 years, has died aged 83. on the tv from ireland... robson, described by the r&a as "one of the most distinctive voices in golf", began his career at carnoustie in 1975 and retired in 2015. he delivered the famous "on the tee..." introductions in his famous scottish accent at the open and many other tournaments. during his career robson announced almost 19 thousand players at the open. to the shock of the cricket world cup so far, the netherlands have been south africa by 38 rounds. it throws a possible qualification from the open as patrick gary repo

harlequins held on to beat london rivals saracens by 36 points to 29 in what was a dead rubber in theilljoseph to hold on for victory. both sides are unable to reach the semi—finals after gloucester won their opening four games. athletejemma reekie sez she's been spurred on by the success of her fellow scottish middle distance runners as she looks ahead to a big year on the track. the 800 metre specialist has had an eventful season but as she told sheelagh mclaren with the world indoors in glasgow and the paris olympics on the horizon. she's feeling positive about the future. she made her marked on the tokyo 0lympics she made her marked on the tokyo olympics in 2021 missing out on the metal and a strong 800 metre field and now they've got their sights on going a step further and paris and taking her place on the podium. joshua has won a championship this year and a bit of that in the we all inspire each other and support each other and i was withjosh and having a chat and we all respect each other up a chat and we all respect each other up and we have an exciting few years ahead. it’s

exeter led 41—0 at half time before saracens improved after the break, but it was far too little, too old trafford. they beat catalans dragons, who had been aiming to become the first french side to win the competition. adam wild was watching. from the south of france they came with hopes of history to be made. at old trafford it felt like the stuff of legends. warriors taking on dragons. perhaps a fairytale and thatis dragons. perhaps a fairytale and that is what the catalan players were searching for. the final match of sam thompson's glittering career. but against his former club on the biggest occasion for the game, there is no room for sentiment. welcome to the grand final. the first half of intensity and lydia times, not matched by points. a penalty and all both sides offered as reward. the only space after the break was found by wiggin. here a chance appeared to have been missed but interference was spotted by the referee and cost a playerfor catalan was spotted by the referee and cost a player for catalan centre the sin bin. moments later, the game's decisive moment on the sam

defending champions saracens fell to their second defeat of the premiership season as they were beatenbeen beaten in their opening match of the wxv — rugby union's newest competition in the women's game. they faced canada, a side they'd not beaten since 2006, and wales were in the game at half—time when they reduced the deficit to four points. but canada edged it in the end, they scored three second half tries to win 42—22 in wellington. this is the wxv1 — the top tier of nations. fter 37 years of racing, frankie dettori claimed a fairytale final win on his last british ride as king of steel took the champion stakes at ascot. the 52—year—old had begun the afternoon with victory on trawlerman in the first race of the day, before guiding king of steel home. dettori, who has more than 3,300 wins, initially intended to retire completely from the sport but will now go on to ride in the united states. i wanted to finish my career at the top. i thought, i wanted to finish my career at the top. ithought, i i wanted to finish my career at the top. i thought, i will give it one more year. i have

well, for saracens, it was at that meeting and brings us that story. >> the moderator asked for a showhands of who has experience property crime in san francisco. >> wow. >> a packed room at the san francisco county fair building in golden gate park tuesday night where dozens of residents gathered with questions and concerns over their safety. san francisco's police chief bill scott calling the moment powerful. a lot of >> want to know what are trying the chief joined district attorney brooke jenkins to discuss what they're doing to make the city a safer place for all. >> the meeting was organized by stop crime sf a grassroots group of residents. public safety is a major issue. >> same residents, whether you're a newcomer with their native, the chief says with an understaffed police force, they're tackling violent crimes and retail theft. we've been running >> we've been we're way to do that is by making sure that those who are going into our stores and stealing are held accountable. da jenkins says it's also a big priority to prosecute drug dealers to prevent more fentanyl overdoses.