in rugby union, it's been confirmed that france captain antoine dupont suffered a facial fracture in namibia. dupont, who was named the 2021 world player of the year, was forced off in the second half after namibia'sjohan deysel made a head—on—head tackle and was sent off. the french rugby federation say dupont will remain with the squad and will see a specialist who will determine how long he is likely to be out for. translation: what do you want me to sa ? you translation: what do you want me to say? you can — translation: what do you want me to say? you can substitute _ translation: what do you want me to say? you can substitute 15 _ translation: what do you want me to say? you can substitute 15 players - say? you can substitute 15 players at half—time. we had planned to change three players at the break, then rotate the rest of the squad around the 55th minute. the goal of this game is to give people gametime and not have them inactive for a month, so you could say that if we had not put antoine dupont on in the second half, well, what can you say? the players wanted to play, dema

a nightmare for the hosts as antoine dupont comes off injured.the solheim cup and review the opening pairs. and a scare for liverpool but their thursday night europa league adventures begin with a win. hello and thank you for joining us on sports day. it's a moment that has the entire collective french rugby public holding its breath. antoine dupont, their talismanic captain, the 2021 world player of the year and arguably the finest player currently on the planet is transported to hospital after being involved in a head—on—head collision in france's record—breaking win over namibia. the world cup hosts made three wins from three with the demolition job 96—0, their biggest—ever winning margin but the injury will dominate headlines. namibia's captain red carded for the tackle that overshadowed a ruthless performance, with the winger damian penaud scoring a hat—trick. they ran in ia tries in marseille. from one captain to another, owen farrell returns to the england starting lineup after serving a four match ban, preparing to taking on chile on satu

a nightmare for the hosts, antoine dupont comes off injured. not long until this happens for real.rtsday. it's a moment that has the entire collective french rugby public holding its breath. antoine dupont, their talismanic captain, 2021 world player of the year, and arguably the finest player currently on the planet was transported to hospital after being involved in a head—on—head collision in france's record—breaking win over namibia. the world cup hosts made it three wins out of three with an absolute demolition job on the poole minnows, their biggest—ever winning margin, 96—0. but dupont�*s injury will dominate the headlines. namibia's captain, johan deysel, red—carded for the tackle which overshadowed a ruthless performance from france, with winger damian penaud helping himself to a hattrick, as the french ran in ia tries in marseill.e —— in marseilles. from one captain to another — 0wen farrell returns

it's been confirmed that france captain antoine dupont suffered a facial fracture in thursday's 96—0t, who was named the 2021 world player of the year, was forced off afterjohan deysel made a head—on—head tackle and was sent off. the ffr says dupont will remain with the squad and will see a specialist to work out how long he will be out for. france's final pool match is against italy on october 6th. joejoyce says he wants his title back as he prepares for a rematch with the man who took the wbo interim heavyweight belt from him. the british fighter lost his first meeting with china's zhang zhilei and his perfect record with it, ahead of saturday's re match in london. yet, exposed a lot of mistakes that me and the team made in the camp and it's about correcting those and going to the next fights not overlooking zhang zhilei, but we need to get those things right. it expose them and made me have to deal with them and really focus and gets more dedicated in what i'm doing, and just really improving to come back stronger and grab the title back. and that's all the sport for now. northern

antoine dupont, their talismanic captain, 2021 world player of the year, and arguably the finest player currently on the planet was transported to hospital after being involved in a head—on—head collision in france's record—breaking win over namibia. the world cup hosts made it three wins out of three with an absolute demolition job on the poole minnows, their biggest—ever winning margin, 96—0. but dupont�*s injury will dominate the headlines. namibia's captain, johan deysel, red—carded for the tackle which overshadowed a ruthless performance from france, with winger damian penaud helping himself to a hattrick, as the french ran in m tries in marseill.e —— in marseilles. from one captain to another — owen farrell returns to the england starting line—up after serving a four match ban, as his team prepare to take on chile, in lille on saturday. there are 12 changes in total for steve borthwick�*s side, as farrell takes his place at fly half, while fellow number ten marcus smith moves to full—back. george ford meanwhile drops to the bench to make way for farrell. i'm very excited, yeah. be

it's been confirmed that france captain antoine dupont suffered a fractured cheekbone in thursday's 96t namibia. dupont, who was named the 2021 world player of the year, was forced off afterjohan deysel made a head—on—head tackle and was sent off. the ffr says dupont will remain with the squad and will see a specialist to work out how long he will be out for. france's final pool match is against italy on 6 october. max verstappen is back, where he has been for most of the season, out in front, at practice, for the japanese grand prix. verstappen has a huge 151 point lead over his teammate sergio perez in the standings heading into this weekends race and is back on form after last weekend's blip in singapore, but today's session was ended early when pierre gasly lost control at the notorious degner two corner, locking a front wheel before sliding off track and ripping off a front wheel on the barrier. and that's all the sport for now. how would it feel when you walk down the aisle on your wedding day for a bride? a bride has given blindfolds to guests at her wedding as well has grown so

however, one potential dampener captain and 2021 world player of the year antoine dupont was taken offth will play at full back, whilst george ford drops to the bench to make way for farrell. there's a cracker to look forward to in paris as the top two sides in the world go head to head. ireland have named their squad to face reigning champions south africa at the stade de france on saturday. head coach andy farrell has made one change to the starting 15 that beat tonga last saturday. scrum—halfjamison gibson—park returns in place of conor murray. plenty at stake with the winner of the match likely to top the group and avoid hosts france, with a probable quarter—final against new zealand. georgia hall and celine boutier will renew their unbeaten partnership when europe's solheim cup defence gets under way on friday in spain. 0ut—of—form american lexi thompson will hit the opening tee shot at finca cortesin just after eight o'clock local time. it's alternate shot foursomes to begin with. thompson, playing with megan khang, faces swedish rookies linn grant and maja stark. england's hall

antoine dupont that's the equivalent of be without the injured? duporup against france alent of be without the injured? antoine duporup against france in nt of be without the injured? antoine duporup against france in 1998 going up against france in 1998 in without in football terms without zinedine that's big zinedine zidane. that's how big a you can face a player he is. you can face france any their france at any time in their dangerous without dupont. different proposition and probably through. probably an easier way through. >> chances >> so france's chances are you know balance in the know well in the balance in the balance, say he's not balance, i would say he's not definitely a definitely out but he's a definitely out but he's a definite worry. definite injury worry. >> he's one of the best >> and he's one of the best players world. no players in the world. no question about it. >> now, football, there's lots going on this weekend. the premier league's back. >> absolutely. yeah, man united in against in action this evening against burnley. i

france have been waiting for news on their captain antoine dupont after he fractured his cheekbone init comes just nine days after he fractured his cheekbone in that huge when. there were fears in the immediate aftermath that that could spell his tournament over, but now he is going tournament over, but now he is going to return to training tomorrow. he is going to miss france's final group game against italy but he could be on course to the chair and a probable quarterfinal against south africa which is a huge boost for the french.— south africa which is a huge boost for the french. thank you very much for the french. thank you very much for the french. thank you very much for the latest — for the french. thank you very much for the latest on _ for the french. thank you very much for the latest on the _ rugby world cup there. more information on the women's game on the bbc sport website. well let's bring you more on the warning given to uk prime minister rishi sunak by more than 30 of his own mps, who say they won't support any policies that lead to higher overall taxes. the group —

but captain and 2021 world player of the year, antoine dupont, was taken off with a head injury — aftert in golf with europe taking on the usa in one of sports great rivalries. next week, the men's ryder cup gets under way, but this morning, within the hour, the battle for the women's solheim cup begins in spain. team europe are aiming to win the event for a third time in a row — something they've never done before. the opening ceremony celebrated the culture of andalucia on the south coast of spain, with a freddie mercury tribute act stirring the passions, with european fans full of confidence that nothing will stop them now, and that their team will be champions again over the americans who are very much the underdogs against what's being hailed as europe's strongest side ever. it includes england's charley hull and georgia hall, with scotland's gemma dryburgh making her debut after years of being a fan. and cheering on — her captain suzann pettersen. obviously, four years ago, like you said, i was a spectator at gleneagles. so this is a very different experience. and i was definitely

, france without antoine dupont, who's problem who's got a cheekbone problem and he's the top playerut as for england, into the england, yeah, get into the knockout stages. who knows? aiden hayley, thank you very much . much indeed. >> it's almost the end of the show, up next, it's gb news show, but up next, it's gb news saturday marvellous saturday with the marvellous martin daubney. so, martin, what's on the what's on the show today? >> well, today is the rejoin eu march in london. and in the interest of journalistic integrity, we're to go integrity, we're going to go along and why are you along and find out why are you so obsessed with rejoining the eu more to the point is keir eu and more to the point is keir starmer your man? because don't forget this week he said, we don't want to diverge from the eu so going to ask this eu, so we're going to ask this lot. do you want to get back lot. why do you want to get back in? is your man? plus in? and is keir your man? plus at we've the big at 2 pm. we've got the big battle brexit widdicombe, battle of brexit and widdicombe, the of brexi

the french rugby federation have confirmed that captain antoine dupont suffered a facial fracture duringday. winger kyle steyn and lock scott cumming come into the side. gregor townsend has also handed starts to centre chris harris and loose—head prop rory sutherland. and red bull's max verstappen finished fastest in the first and second practice sessions ahead of the weekend's japanese grand prix. coming up for viewers on bbc two and bbc news — the latest national and international news. for listeners here on 5 live... we're talking about another huge television empire — strictly! have you got strictly fever? it's back tomorrow night — the glitterball, thejudges, the celebs and theirjourneys. the people out of their comfort zones. the moves, the crowds, the voting, the argentine tango... the jive, the american smooth. this is the 21st series, the country absolutely loves it. i'll be joined by aj pritchard, arlene philips and superfan fanny lane — to answer your questions. keep dancing, keep calling. have you got strictly fever? yes, murdoch, the media and you. it is a lively old thing t

especially if france the moment, especially if france are be without are going to be without antoine duponthe best >> they are certainly the best two the world things two teams in the world as things stand. >> y- t— >> and i think again, mystic magee see, saw magee said, you see, you saw that as a kind of playthrough of potential final and you said the winner of this could win the whole thing. i'd and they look fantastic. whole thing. i'd and they look fan'they. do listen the >> they do. they do listen the rules mcgee are that when rules of mr mcgee are that when you it does rules of mr mcgee are that when you to it does rules of mr mcgee are that when you to come it does rules of mr mcgee are that when you to come to it does rules of mr mcgee are that when you to come to pass it does rules of mr mcgee are that when you to come to pass so does rules of mr mcgee are that when you to come to pass so we've have to come to pass so we've still got we're still relatively early in the tournament but i'll tell you what, ireland look irrepressible moment, but irrepressible at the moment, but so do s