duhan van der merwe battling through the wall of connacht players to eventually get the bonus try. winners over ospreys. cian kelleher‘s late try sealing the victory for the irish side as they remain top of conference a. time for a look at the other sports news stories making the headlines. wayne rooney's 500th appearance in english league football was bitter sweet. he marked it with this coolly taken penalty to put his derby county side ahead against fulham. but his night was spoiled by aleksandar mitrovic‘s equaliser. a point moves derby into the top half of the championship. fulham stay third. in the super league castleford came from behind to ease to a derby win over wakefield. six tries on the night including two from this man, derrell 0lpherts and james clare helped them to a 32 points to 15 victory. an athlete wearing nike's controversial vaporfly shoe has smashed the women's world record for the half marathon. ethiopia's ababel yeshaneh took 20 seconds off the previous record at a race in the united arab emirates. and mercedes‘ new steering system which can change the angle

edinburgh stay top of pro 1a after a bonus—point win over connacht at murrayfield.l of connacht players to get the bonus try. meanwhile, leinster were 21—13 winners over ospreys. cian kelleher‘s late try sealing the victory for the irish side as they remain top of conference a. to a derby win over wakefield. six tries on the night, including two from derrell olpherts and james clare, helped them to a 32 points to 15 victory. an athlete wearing nike's controversial vaporfly shoe has smashed the women's world record for the half marathon. ethiopia's ababel yeshaneh took 20 seconds off the previous record at a race in the united arab emirates. and before we go, perhaps it was a case of "if you don't laugh you'll cry," but the tottenham managerjose mourinho got a fit of the giggles when asked about injuries to his players. at the moment, his star strikers harry kane and son heung—min look like they may be out for the rest of the season. also, one of his midfielders, dele ali, was seen throwing his water bottle in anger when he was substituted during spurs champions leag

it‘s currently 3—0 to connacht just the one game in super league today and israel folau made an instant side has been controversial — as 10 months ago he was sacked by rugby australia for homophobic remarks. there‘s more on this story on our website... it‘s the fifth round of the women‘s fa cup this weekend. tomorrow sees five ties including second—tier lewes with a tough draw — away to the 14—time champions arsenal. lewes hope though, that such a high profile game will help highlight their campaign for equal prize money, asjuliette parkin reports. arsenal are used to lifting the trophy, having won at a record 1a times. you‘ll make in a weight is a good draw, we get to play against so many internationals and arsenal are a massive name in women‘s football, an amazing opportunity for us all. little lewis pulling arsenal two playing away, they have such a big following himself, it is a good opportunity for us to keep spreading oui’ opportunity for us to keep spreading our message and getting your name heard. they play their male and female players the same and has the same approach to priz

elsewhere there were wins for leinster 0spreys and connacht.— even though she missed out on a world record attempt. she won the 1,000 metres at her home track. muir, who is based in glasgow, had set her sights on beating the 21 year old world record but was just outside of it. jemma reekie continued her sensational start to 2020 by winning the 1,500m. she had already broken three british indoor records this month and produced a blistering final lap to finish in four minutes, 4.07 seconds. the new star of men's athletics shone brightly again as armand duplantis broke his own pole vault world record by clearing 6.18 metres. the usa—born swede had only beaten the previous best a week earlier. duplantis broke the record with his first attempt in glasgow, and received £23,000 for the achievement. the 20 year old who goes by the nickname mondo, is coached by his american father greg, who was also a pole vaulter. what's there are so many things that go into this, so many years of hard work that it's really complicated but i guess when you are doing it