agustin pichot. the bbc‘s rugby union correspondent, chris jones, has more. to the wire, but in the end, beaumont has won with a little bit to spare. a clear mandate by 28 votes to 23. the support he had from the six nations and from the region of europe really meant that he had a foothold in this election campaign right from the start. pichot ran a dynamic and passionate campaign. he's taken to social media to congratulate beaumont. he says it wasn't to be for him. but beaumont has said in a statement, that this is not a time for celebration. the hard work really does start now for beaumont, he's got a lot on his plate in the short, medium and long term to try and guide rugby union through the turbulence of the covid—19 situation. and in the medium and long term, to try and create a truly global sport. beaumont has to get people on side, the southern hemisphere, the unions, the likes of australia, argentina, new zealand and south africa were squarely behind agustin pichot. he has to convince them now that his vision and he has to make sure that all the stake

agustin pichot. the bbc‘s rugby union correspondent, chris jones, has more.own to the wire, but in the end, beaumont has won with a little bit to spare. a clear mandate by 28 votes to 23. the support he had from the six nations and from the region of europe are really meant that he had a foothold in this election campaign right from the start. pichot ran a dynamic and passionate campaign. he's taken to social media to congratulate beaumont. he says it wasn't to be for him. but beaumont has said in a statement, that this is not a time for celebration. the hard work really does start now for beaumont, he's got a lot on his plate in the short, medium and long term to try and guide rugby union through the turbulence of the covid—19 situation. and in the medium and long term, to try and create a truly global sport. beaumont has to get people on side, the southern hemisphere, the unions, the likes of australia, argentina, new zealand and south africa were squarely behind agustin pichot. he has to convince them now that his vision and he has to make sure that all th

agustin pichot.allenge from his vice—chairman and will stay at the head of the governing body for the next four years. beaumont won by a slim majority of the votes, 28—23, and frenchman bernard laporte was voted in as the new vice—chairman. plans to use neutral venues are being drawn up in the event that the premier league is allowed to play games behind closed doors. but they may not be the ones you'd expect. if the government relax lockdown restrictions, it's expected that grounds away from city centres would be preferred for games. they are looking at venues that are not massively surrounded by housing, where people have living accommodation. i have seen references to brighton & hove albion, southampton, west ham and manchester city stadium being the preferred options that have been mentioned so far. previously we had heard about wembley and st george's pot, the nationalfootball heard about wembley and st george's pot, the national football centre, but they seem to have fallen by the wayside. the

the 68—year—old defeated his former deputy, the ex—argentina skipper, agustin pichot. rugby union correspondent, chris jones, has more. at one point, it looked like this race was going to go right down to the wire, but in the end, beaumont has won with a little bit to spare. a clear mandate by 28 votes to 23. the support he had from the six nations and from the region of europe really meant that he had a foothold in this election campaign right from the start. pichot ran a dynamic and passionate campaign. he's taken to social media to congratulate beaumont. he says it wasn't to be for him. but beaumont has said in a statement, that this is not a time for celebration. the hard work really does start now for beaumont, he's got a lot on his plate in the short, medium and long term to try and guide rugby union through the turbulence of the covid—19 situation. and in the medium and long term, to try and create a truly global sport. beaumont has to get people on his side, the southern hemisphere, the unions, the likes of australia, argentina, new zealand and south africa wer

coming up on bbc news, agustin pichot has resigned from his role on the world rugby council.recent election for chairman. some primary school children in england could be back in their classrooms in less than three weeks. many of us have been wondering how little children and social distancing go together. we can look to denmark. schools there re—opened a month ago, and our europe correspondent jean mackenzie has been talking to staff and pupils at one of them. it has been hard to not hug each other. she says you can't hug each other, so you have to hug yourself. keeping kids apart requires some imagination. they're not worried about the virus at all. when they came back, we had lots of activities to try to make them not worry, but they didn't worry, so we had to give up on that. it wasn't needed? not at all. the school's been cleverly redrawn so each child only comes into contact with a very small number of other children. normally they sit two and two. you have the class of 20 that's been cut down to two groups of ten. that's why you have the plastic. because those two grou

away from that — agustin pichot has resigned from his role on the world rugby council.by bill beaumont in the recent election for the post of the global body's chairman. pichot, who won 71 caps for argentina, served as a world rugby vice—chairman under former england skipper beaumont for the past four years before deciding to run for the top job. his statement said: "the only reason i have been a part of world rugby to this day, and which in turn is the same one that has moved me to run for president, is the conviction that world rugby needs change. i cannot conceive of occupying a place just for the sake of occupying it." middlesbrough midfielder adam clayton has been talking about his dad beating covid—19. he was moved to a regular ward after 51 days in intensive care. clapping and cheering and his son is also delighted. we gotan we got an idea that he was leaving about an hour before and then the face timed my mum as it was happening and then we got the videos in the next ten minutes. after the long journey we had beenjust in the next ten minutes. after the long jour

agustin pichot has resigned from his role on the world rugby council.st of the global body's chairman. pichot, who won 71 caps for argentina, served as vice—chairman under former england skipper, beaumont, for the past four years before deciding to run for the top job. his statement said, england wicketkeeper jos buttler has told the bbc he feels some unease about leaving the coronavirus—enforced lockdown to return to action. as it stands there will be no cricket played until at least the 1st ofjuly but details on how england players can train are set to be revealed on thursday. we actually had some apprehension and anxiety around just going into a com pletely and anxiety around just going into a completely new situation. it is going to be very alien to us as we have never experienced this before, s0 have never experienced this before, so to try to get your head round what it might look like, the situations you might come up against... i don't know the answer to this yet, but in 80 days, hopefully, we will have some sort of, my own guidelines as to what