ben croucher, bbc news. for england women's side too — they got the better of france in the first of two matches, winning 33—10 in grenoble. it was another convincing display from the six nations grand slam champions. their injured captain sarah hunter joined me in the studio — and told me they're in great shape, building towards a big year in 2021. the first half was a real battle for france, for us, 10—10 at half—time, really proud of the way the girls came out and exerted themselves onto the french and got two early tries, and from then on it was difficult for france to get back into the game, and we just for france to get back into the game, and wejust kept building and building, and that's what you need when you go away to france. and after such a stunning six nations campaign, where does this leave england now looking ahead to the next test and also the world cup next test and also the world cup next year? we have got france at home next week, so i've got no doubt they will be wanting to look at themse

ben croucher, bbc news.d came from 2—0 down to beat southampton 3—2 at st mary's. james ward—prowse scoring southampton‘s second with this free kick on 33 minutes. but the second half saw a galvanised manchester united. bruno fernandes pulled a goal back. edinson cavani then got the equaliser with a diving header and won the match for united in added time, getting on the end of a shot from outside the box. it isa it is a trait of man united to never give in, and i neverwant my it is a trait of man united to never give in, and i never want my players to give in. and you see the likes of alex there and the menu —— nemanja there, absolute none of them was quick to give up. sometimes you do not have your 3—0, 4—0, it is about digging in and eating results ona about digging in and eating results on a day like this, even though i thought we played really well. —— and getting results. nine fixtures in the fa cup today, with several going to extra time. yesterday, we told you about marine, the merseyside club from t

ben croucher reports. rugby at twickenham in 2020 looks a bit different. form has stayed constant, with jack willis on debut opening his international account for the six nations champions. it's a competition georgia harbour hopes ofjoining, but three more first—half tries demonstrated the gulf between them. jamie george had already scored two tries like this when he became the first english hooker to score a hat—trick. the close range tactic worked for dan robson, as well. georgia's first visit to twickenham was a pointless one. there has been a change in the air in scottish sport of late. their male footballers are on a roll. their rugby counterparts are on their best run this century. it was a tepid start in tuscany as italy found some florence flair to lead at half—time. scotland needed something a bit different to turn in their favour. zander ferguson, a former chorister and mountain biker turned prop forward, found his path to the italian try line similarly unique. scotland ecstatic, italy just static. and then two more tries earned scotla nd and the

ben croucher, bbc news.tive covid tests with egypt during the international break. he missed sunday's win at leicester, but has returned a negative test, so he is clear to play. a win at anfield would see liverpool reach the last 16. now, we've had the draw for the last 32 of the women's champions league, and the wsl champions chelsea have been drawn against the portugese title—holders benfica, while manchester city will face the swedish side gothenburg. and, after coming through two qualifying rounds, both on a penalty shoot—out, part—timers glasgow city — who got to the quarter finals last season — will face sparta prague over two legs next month. obviously it's one game at a time in this competition. you can be drawn against the biggest teams in the world, and right now, we've got sparta prague in front of us. and that'll be a really tough game for us. so we will prepare as well as we can for that and see how far we get. but, yeah, we do have high standards at the club, and we're always wanting to push on

ben croucher, bbc news, gosport.coronavirus pandemic, the 40th anniversary of bbc children in need has raised more than £37 million. the pandemic meant there was no audience as a host of celebrities appeared on last night's shorter, covid—secure show on bbc one. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:15pm. and to everyone celebrating — happy diwali! bye for now. good afternoon. it's day three at the delayed masters at augusta, although due to the weather and bad light over the first two days, some players are still on their second rounds. world number one dustin johnson has completed his — and is among the leaders at the halfway stage — on 9—under par for the tournament. there's a group of englishmen not too far behind, danny willett and justin rose, here, are two shots back. rose carding a 70 on the second day at augusta. tommy fleetwood is with them, also on 7—under, and feels his game is improving at the right time. two days of golf to go but you can on

ben croucher reports.hout a game, playing of self and isn't really an option in t20 cricket events most feared team in the game, unless an ideal start for south africa. they manage to reach the construct a competitive total led by captain. building from the front, pulling his side along with him. under the moonlight, the site to stop his promising start. he departed for 58 and prove his progress wasn't stu nted and prove his progress wasn't stunted on a slowing wicket until a few plate strikes. it left england chasing what looked like an awkward 182 -- a chasing what looked like an awkward 182 —— a few plate strikes. this is him with the balljust the second of england's, there is egyptian geese actually. if england were to win from here, a thriller in cape town. well, i'm pleased to say that i'm joined now by sussex fast bowler tymal mills who's been watching the match. 73 days since england played, how are they doing? 73 days since england played, along... much longer since south africa has played any cri

lots of goals though, ben croucher has more. we have got some good goals to show you.tion and barely an upset in sight. not a classic fa cup day sadly but still plenty of talking points and some belting goals to show you too. we'll start with the early game. solihull moors of the national league. their preparations were badly affected because they've not played for 17 days after a positive covid test in the squad and barely been able to train either. they took the lead against league two morecambe but trailed 2—1 untiljordan cranston sent the game to extra time. the lack of sharpness and fitness maybe hindered them going for the full 120 as john o'sullivan‘s header and then a mitch hancox own goal ended their run. credit to the players to have two weeks credit to the players to have two we e ks off credit to the players to have two weeks off and not to get out on the grass and to train and to run around for two weeks. to have that resilience and character and work ethic for 120 minutes, i've got to applaud the players. one place below solihull moors in the national lea

with that and the rest of the days results, here's ben croucher.t any shocks today. nine games in total today. three non—league sides in action. it looked like we'd not have a shock in sight but the late kick off treated us to a decent giant—killing from chorley. they'd already knocked wigan out in round 1. they are currently second bottom of the national league north. that's the sixth tier in england. peterborough are in league one. that's tier 3. chorley came from behind and thoroughly deserved their win too. they trailed at half time having hit the woodwork twice but conor hall restored parity at london road — cleverly rounding the keeper and then just two minutes later a goal that wouldn't look out of place at the top level with this well worked corner landing at the feet of lewis baines to fire them into round three for the very first time in their 137 year history. incredible scenes at half—time. the draw for that third round is on monday evening at a roundabout 7:10 p monday evening at a roundabout 7:10 pm. nojoy for the other two non league

he's been speaking to our reporter ben croucher. he has done it! that is a world record!never seen record! that is phenomenal. i have never seen something like that. thank you very much for speaking to us on thank you very much for speaking to us on sports day, just getting back from budapest. how do you reflect on your time on the isl? it is another world record your time on the isl? it is another world re cord for your time on the isl? it is another world record for adam peaty. terry busy. six weeks, it was very tough. plenty of race records, exactly where we need to be. a few months out from the olympics. how did you find life away from home and life between the hotel and the pool?m was tough mentally because you are confined to your hotel room but it is also learning about yourself. but really occupying the mind, reading. what were you reading? some stephen hawking books. don't ask me any clever questions because i scanned over it. but something that is going to challenge your brain and make sure you are learning. and touching base with home because when you left for

ben croucher has been following all the action for us today — and conditions much better, ben — a fully this evening. your member the storms to weight play at a brown three hours. there were so happy with the weather that the put up happy with the weather that the put up this lovely picture of this bright orange thing in the sky. what alastair bruce paul wouldn't give to be there. sun shining but not so much on rory mcilroy. a difficult first round — his worst at the masters. it's a familiar tale for rory mcilroy, that was a wild drive off of the par by 13 tea into the trees into the left, it cost me a drop shot. this for a play from his cow isa shot. this for a play from his cow is a bad miss. that is nowhere near where that needs to be. —— from his calibre. he is almost playing himself out of the tournament and then finds his best golf and it's too late and we have seen that happen before. starting to play himself in in the second rep because they are having to squeeze all these in and starting to make some birdies as well. exactly and he looks a bit freer and easier and i think it i

ben croucher reports. rugby at twickenham in 2020 looks a bit different. for starters. the kits and players may change, the form has stayed constant, with jack willis on debut opening his international account for the six nations champions. it is a competition georgia harbour hopes ofjoining, but three more first—half tries demonstrated the gulf between them. they knew what was coming. it did not mean they could do anything about it. jamie george had already scored two tries like this when he became the first english hooker to score a hat—trick. the close range tactic worked for dan robson as well. georgia's first visit to twickenham was a pointless one. there has been a change in the air in scottish sport of late. their male footballers are on a roll. their rugby counterparts are on the best run this century. it was a tepid start in tuscany as italy found some florence flair to lead at half—time. scotland needed something a bit different to turn in their favour. zander fagerson, a former chorister and mountain biker turned prop forward found his path thro

ben croucher, bbc news.be greater in female footballers than men. physical and physiological differences could be behind the increased chance of developing the illness, but more female players are required to help with the study. earlier i spoke to former england goalkeeper rachel brown—finnis, who has put herself forward to help with teh research. to help with the research. i lived in the states and the study has been drawn between head injury, concussions but further down the line dementia and alzheimer's from american footballers has, there has been research into that and that has been research into that and that has been accepted by the sport, that thatis been accepted by the sport, that that is a real problem and i think we will be coming to the same conclusions in our sport and it is no different from men to women, we have all, whoever you are, playing football, growing up as a youngster, repetitive element of that, and it is disconcerting to hear that women are more prone to this disease in the long r

the car split in half, with the front part bursting into flames. 0ur sports correspondent ben croucherhappened. the bahrain grand prix begins. 20 cars race, each with a halo, a titanium bar protecting the cockpit, protecting romain grosjean. and a big fire there! fla mes insta ntly surrounded the driver. that should not happen. it will be part of the investigation. but with medics attending, grosjean, hands burning on the metal, was able to force his own way out, an escape which seemed miraculous. grosjean was able later in hospital to reflect how the car's improvements had saved his life. just wanted to say i am 0k... well, sort of 0k. thank you very much for all the messages. i mean, i wasn't for the halo some years ago, but i think it's the greatest thing for formula i. and without it, i wouldn't be able to speak to you today. at the circuit, the teams watched the replays. lewis hamilton tweeted that the crash was a reminder of the risk, the extreme danger that's still there. as soon as the grand prix resumed, another collision, a car upturned. lance stroll was the driver pulled out

ben croucher, bbc news.ze and ellie roebuck are up for player and goalkeeper of the year. they are the only british nominees for the main awards. nobby stile's son, john, has called on the professional footballers association chief executive, gordon taylor, and his leadership team to resign because of theirfailure to address the issue of dementia among former players. stile's had the disease and died earlier this month. in a statement that is scathing of the pfa, his son has called on the premier league, the fa and the government to support the changes and has labelled the union "unfit for purpose." in an interview with the bbc yesterday, the pfa's assistant chief exec, simon barker, defended their record of helping players and funding research. the australian open is likely to be delayed by at least a week. the first tennis grand slam of the year is due to start on january 18, but with players unable to enter the state of victoria until the first of the month — and then having to quarantine for two weeks —

ben croucher, bbc news. one point from their remaining two games should be enough. four kyren wilson knocked it in during his first round match against ashley hugill. he went onto win the match 6—4. it's his third career maximum and the 17th in the tournament's history. it's all very english — the tea interval at cricket. that fine selection of cakes and sandwiches. well, it's no more in the sussex cricket league, for next season at any rate, clubs voting to stop. the league calls itself the world's biggest recreational league with 140 clubs and 335 teams — and the home side will no longer have to provide food during the break. part of it is down to a fall in the number of volunteers during the pandemic. former england captain michael vaughan isn't happy. he tweeted: clearly not happy but i guess that is the issue with numbers at the moment are being allowed in to watch. that could be the case again next season. talking of cricket, before we go, we have a moment of magic from the former england captain kevin pietersen. here he is during a round of golf in south afri

ben croucher, bbc news. a long way still to go but a significant step nonetheless.hem ahead at wolves. but they had to make do with a point, when pedro neto equalised. and burnley grabbed their first premier league win of the season, beating crystal palace 1—0, to move out of the relegation zone. on a wet and windy night in glasgow, it was munster who came out on top in the pro 14. 27—13 they beat the warriors, as the conference b leaders made it six wins from six. new surroundings but a familiar story for three former winners at the uk championship in milton keynes. john higgins, who's lifted the trophy three times, is through, winning six frames to one. mark selby and mark williams also went through. ryan day and anthony hamilton had to pull out before the event started, after testing positive for coronavirus. and finally, ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at premier league club tottenham? a spot of indoor cricket at the training ground. and take a look at the player behind the bowler. dele alli, who takes a nifty catch. what i enjoy about this the most