racing submitted information and finn russell picked out simon zebo.by a coronavirus outbreak in the build—up and threw everything into the second half. simon zebo scored again but all initially afterwards finn russell was rumbled, his pass intercepted and henry slade of england trotted over for the racing still but not relent and with the penalty they were only one point behind. chiefs lost a man to the sin bin butjust as a decisive racing 92 try seemed inevitable exeter somehow w011 try seemed inevitable exeter somehow won a penalty and saved the match. now in the final seconds' time to make sure and joe simmons with the kick to the top of europe. what a moment and for exeter, what the decade. patrick geary, bbc news. the premier league and scottish premiership returned today after the international break. highlights of all the game follow the news, but i've got the results, if you want them. it was all square in the merseyside derby as league leaders everton came from behind twice against liverpool. it finished 2—2 but liverpool captain jordan hende

preparing for this match inside a buyer secure bubble and they will have to live out for the most is finn russellnd he admitted that preparing for this final endlessly has not been ideal and the team have kept each other busy in their hotel by playing cards. that match kicks off at quarter to five tomorrow, tonight bristow continued their rapid rise and they are promoted back to the premiership two years ago and they play in their first european final against one of the powerhouses and debts in the challenge cup fight —— finer at 8pm tonight. south africa have pulled out the by south africa have pulled out the rugby championship tournament due to concerns over the covid—19 pandemic on turning 29th will involve new zealand, australia and argentina. cou nty zealand, australia and argentina. county cricket makeover for next year. the championship will now have three groups of six teams with attempted contesting. and they have taken over the attempted contesting. and they have ta ken over the captaincy attempted contesting. and they have taken over the captaincy of the coconut that night writers say

an interception thrown by scotland's finn russell opened the doorfor the chiefs. fine line between brilliance and foolishness. a pass he'll be desperate to have back, and it was a gap that racing just couldn't close as exeter captainjoe simmonds sealed the win. from english minnows to european giants, it's a transformation the sport has rarely seen before. but for exeter, there's not long to celebrate — the premiership final‘sjust a week away. austin halewood, bbc news. well, there was another big final today. it was incredibly close, but leeds rhinos won rugby league's challenge cup, beating salford red devils 17—16. this try from ash handley, his second of the game, pulled the rhinos level. before a late drop goal from luke gale won it for them. they were heading for their 14th challenge cup. guest of honour was rob burrow, the leeds legend who's living with motor neurone disease. and although he was watching the match from home, his presence was certainly felt at wembley. rob's with us in spirit, that's for sure, at the moment. we've carried him all the way thr

finn russell is back in the scotland squad after missing the six nations matches in february and march named in a ito—man squad for the autumn international series, which starts against georgia a week on friday. they also have their final six nations game to play against wales the week after. russell was suspended, and later criticised head coach gregor townsend in a newspaper interview, but the pair's relationship has been repaired since the six nations was halted because of coronavirus. ireland backjordan larmour has been ruled out of their autumn campaign after dislocating a shoulder while playing for leinster on saturday. he's set to undergo surgery this week. anthony joshua's postponed fight against kubrat pulev will go ahead in london on december the 12th, according to pulev, who says they've both signed contracts. the bulgarian posted on his website, "it's official. "there is no way back, no postponement, no rescheduling!" their original bout injune was cancelled because of coronavirus. joshua holds four heavyweight belts after beating andy ruiz in december, and pulev is the ibf

preparing for this match inside a buyer secure bubble and they will have to live out for the most is finn russellt been ideal and the team have kept each other busy in their hotel by playing cards. that match kicks off at quarter to five tomorrow, tonight bristow continued their rapid rise and they are promoted back to the premiership two years ago and they play in their first european final against one of the powerhouses and debts in the challenge cup fight —— finer at 8pm tonight.

but this pass from scotland's finn russell opened the door for exeter.o seal a narrow win. harlequins followed up their century of points on the opening weekend of the women's premier 15s with a much harder victory this afternoon at wasps. abbie ward scored twice, making five in two games, as quins won 31—12. they stay above unbeaten loughborough and saracens. what a day it's been for hollie doyle. she's become only the third female jockey to win a group one race. she already had one victory in the bag at ascot when she won the british champions sprint stakes on 16—1 shot glen shiel. she also finished second in her other two races today. this all came just three days after she broke her own record for winners ridden by a woman ina year. doyle said it was a dream come true. now to one of the biggest fights of the year. tonight in las vegas, teofimo lopez will face vasiliy lomachenko for a winner—ta kes—all bout in the lightweight division. the covid protocols called for both fighters to stand behind the ropes, but that was instantly ignored. there's a bit

an interception thrown by scotland's finn russell opened the doorfor the chiefs.ll be desperate to have back, and it was a gap that racing just couldn't close as exeter captainjoe simmonds sealed the win. from english minnows to european giants, it's a transformation the sport has rarely seen before. but for exeter, there's not long to celebrate — the premiership final‘sjust a week away. austin halewood, bbc news. well, there was another big final today. it was incredibly close, but leeds rhinos won rugby league's challenge cup, beating salford red devils 17—16. this try from ash handley, his second of the game, pulled the rhinos level.

fly half finn russell is back in the scotland squad for the conclusion of the six nations championship dropped injanuary after a breach of team protocols. los angeles lakers are nba champions for the first time in 10 years. lebronjames was the most valuable player as they beat miami heat in game six to take the series 4—2. it's looking like eoin morgan's kolkata knight riders are going to lose. they have lost by 82 runs. there was a remarkable six outside of the ground. he hit two cars. the scottish women's premier league starts next sunday and nine months after she signed for rangers, bala devi could make her debut against hearts. she's the captian of india and has scored 52 goals in 58 appearances. she's also the first indian woman to play professionally outside her country and she's been speaking to jane dougall. music. it's been a baptism of fire for her. the first woman from our country to play professionally abroad and she came to scotland just before lockdown. quickly she discovered no quy lockdown. quickly she discovered no guy is very different from where she grew up. especial

finn russell will start for scotland — his first six nations appearance of the year — after falling outyoungs will become just the second englishman to win 100 test caps against italy. world cup winnerjason leonard is the only other player to reach the milestone. exeter lockjonny hill will make his international debut in rome. this weekend's women's six nations game between ireland and france has been called off, due to an outbreak of coronavirus within the french squad. it's not clear whether france will forfeit the match, or if it will be postponed until december to coincide with italy and scotland's meeting. champions england go in search of a grand slam against italy, having prepared for the match in a covid secure bubble. dan evans has beaten austria'sjurij rodionov in straight sets to reach the third round of the vienna open. his opponent had caused an upset beating world number 12 denis shapovalov in the opening round, but evans proved too strong coming through 7—5 6—3. he'll play grigor dimitrov next. that's all your support for to know. for me, marc edwards, and the rest of the

far as scotland are concerned, a name familiar to many but hasn't been in the equation lately, finn russelling matches for scotland in the six nations. fans of scottish rugby will be mightily plea5ed he's back in the fold now. i think fans of scotland by fold now. i think fans of scotland rugby are all neutral5 a5 fold now. i think fans of scotland rugby are all neutral5 as well, watching that game. it's great to 5ee russell back in a scotland 5hirt and back doing what he does best. the hatchet looked up and buried with gregor townsend after the troubles earlier on this year. stuart hogg i5 troubles earlier on this year. stuart hogg is back as well, so an exciting scotland team. and even though that wale5 v scotland game doesn't have lots writing on it, i think we can see a cracking game of by think we can see a cracking game of rugby with two teams really looking... england are looking to back up the points and put pressure on ireland and france. they know they could win the game if re5ult5 go their way, though technically it i5 go their way, though technically it is in ireland's hand, her

finn russell returns to the bench for the first time since he was sent home from the squad injanuaryill play japan for the first time next summer. the match on the 26th ofjune at murrayfield will act as a warm—up for their three—test tour of south africa, which starts a week later. the champions league is back with a bang. last night saw manchester united beating paris saint germian 2—1, while chelsea ended in a goaless draw against sevilla. tonight, it's the turn of manchester city who host porto and liverpool who've travelled to the netherlands to play ajax. joining us to discuss this is former liverpool defender stephen warnock. they've travelled without virgil van dijk, his injury is a huge blow for them. put a dent in their champions league campaign? i think it probably does. i think when you think of the quality that he brings to liverpool as a team as ask what he has improved since he joined the club and you are going to get effective when you lose a pair of his quality and use a world—class defender. even before van dijk was injured, liverpool were conceeding goals, alisson i

finn russell is back in the scotland squad after missing the six nations matches in february and marchhich starts against georgia a week on friday. they also have their final six nations game to play against wales the week after. russell was suspended, and later criticised head coach gregor townsend in a newspaper interview, but the pair's relationship has been repaired since the six nations was halted because of coronavirus. ireland backjordan larmour has been ruled out of their autumn campaign after dislocating a shoulder while playing for leinster on saturday. he's set to undergo surgery this week. anthony joshua's postponed fight against kubrat pulev will go ahead in london on december the 12th, according to pulev, who says they've both signed contracts. the bulgarian posted on his website, "it's official. "there is no way back, no postponement, no rescheduling!" their original bout injune was cancelled because of coronavirus. joshua holds four heavyweight belts after beating andy ruiz in december, and pulev is the ibf‘s mandatory challenger. there was a good win for britain's came

finn russell, meanwhile, will start for scotland and his first six nations appearance of the year aftercome a second enrichment to when a hunt when he plays against italy. jason leonard is the only other player to reach the milestone. johnny hill, meanwhile, will make his international debut in rome. this weekend's women's six nations game between ireland and france has been called off due to an outbreak of coronavirus within the french squad. it is not clear whether france will forfeit the match. england go in search of a grand slam against italy. finally, dan has reached the third round of the vienna open. his opponent had caused an upset in their opening rounds that dan evans proved too strong. that is all the sports for hour. goodbye. hello. the phrase it's raining again has been used rather too much this month, it will be used again before the month is done. even into the first part of november, more rain on the way. strong winds, looking quite stormy on saturday. so, a chance of further flooding and disruption as a result. and now this is friday's big picture. this weather front p

exeter had a slender lead at half—time, but it was this pass from racing and scotland fly—half finn russelle. an interception caught byjack nowell, with henry slade finishing off the move to score. and it was a lead that exeter never gave up. it caps a remarkable transformation for the chiefs, who were in the fourth tier of english rugby when rugby's european cup competition began. and while the champions cup final was played behind closed doors, earlier today over in auckland there was a crowd of over 116,000 at eden park to see new zealand beat australia 27—7 after coronavirus restrictions were lifted earlier this month. looks so strange, doesn't it? there was also plenty of drama in the first merseyside derby of the season, as everton and liverpool drew 2—2 at goodison park. everton twice came from behind to stay top of the table, dominic calvert—lewin scoring their second equaliser here. there was more var controversy though after liverpool thought they'd won it in injury time, only for sadio mane to be deemed offside. and the other big talking point came in the first half with virgil v

and finn russell returns to the bench for the first time since he was sent home from the six nations for breaching team protocol. it's been confirmed that wasps will be allowed to play in this weekend's premiership rugby final, despite seven players and four members of staff testing positive for coronavirus in the past week. premiership rugby reported that there were no more positives in the latest round of testing. wasps said they were "delighted" they could take their rightful place in the match against exeter on saturday at twickenham. england will play the republic of ireland in a friendly next month, after the irish filled the gap left when new zealand pulled out.the game will be played behind closed doors at wembley on november the 12th. new zealand withdrew over concerns about travel and availablity in the pandemic. england's last meeting with the republic finished in a goalless draw in dublin five years ago. there's been strong criticism of the fledgeling plan to create a new breakaway league, involving the top sides from across europe. it apparently has the backing of fifa —

an interception thrown by scholar‘s finn russell open the doorfor the chiefs stop by scholar‘s finn russelltainjoe symonds sealed the win with this kick. exeter‘s transformation is one of the sport's has rarely seen before. the chiefs still don't have too long to celebrate. the premiership final is less tha n celebrate. the premiership final is less than a week away. austin halewood, bbc news. that was quite an exciting match and we will be talking about it later. there was also plenty of drama in the merseyside derby of the season, as everton and liverpool drew 2—2 at goodison park. everton twice came from behind to stay top of the table, dominic calvert lewin scoring their second equaliser here. there was more var controversy though, after liverpool thought they'd won it in injury time, only for sadio mane to be deemed offside. and the other big talking point came in the first half with virgil van dijk forced off injured after this tackle from jordan pickford. so it is not good. he played i don't know how many games in a row he played for us but he could not play on. that is not good. i d

finn russell will start for scotland against wales on saturday. the side following their wins with exeter. this weekend's women's six nations game between ireland and france has been called off due to an outbreak of coronavirus within the french squad, with ireland told to prepare fora training camp this weekend instead. it's not clear whether france will forfeit the match or if it will be postponed until december to coincide with italy and scotland's meeting. champions england go in search of a grand slam against italy, having prepared for the match in a covid secure bubble. we got told as soon as we were going in there, you have to keep two metres apart and constantly wear face masks and when we go out to train, we have a training block and we have to wash our hands, sanitise our hands, then we go back in, the balls get washed. it has become the norm in the last couple of weeks. at first we were like, what is this? this is ridiculous. but it's about safety. we don't want the virus to come into the squad and wipe a lot of players out, we want to

finn russell will start for scotland in that game, making his first six nations appearance of this yearhip cup wins with exeter. scrum—half ben youngs will become just the second englishman to win 100 test caps against italy. world cup winnerjason leonard is the only other player to reach the milestone. exeter lockjonny hill will make his international debut in rome. we needed to find a big, tall, strong lock to replace george cruz. he has been an outstanding member of our team. jonny has been doing thatjob for exeter, good in the line—out, good in defence and around the ruck area, carrying and stopping the opposition, so he has been consistent in that. he's got a great attitude, great work ethic and he's a really fine example of what exeter produced. this weekend's women's six nations game between ireland and france has been called off due to an outbreak of coronavirus within the french squad. it's not clear whether france will forfeit the match, or if it will be postponed until december to coincide with italy and scotland's meeting. champions england go in search of a grand slam again

finn russell is back in the scotland rugby union squad, after he and head coach gregor townsend buried. he left the scotland camp for a drinking session and failed to make it to training the next day. he's in a 40—man squad for the autumn internationals and their final, delayed, six nations match. we have a date for anthony joshua's next defence of his heavyweight title — it'll be held on the 12th december, according to the man he's due to fight. joshua was supposed to take on kubrat pulev injune, but it was postponed because of the pandemic. on his website the bulgarian said the date was "official... "no way back, no postponement, no rescheduling", but we're yet to have confirmation from the joshua camp. contrasting fortunes for british players at the st petersburg open tennis. a good win for cameron norrie, who beat taylor fritz of the united states — a man ranked 47 places above him in the world rankings. that takes norrie through to the last 16. and we thought we were going to have another briton through after dan evans took the first set against stan wawrinka, and earned three mat

and finn russell returns to the bench for the first time since he was sent home from the six nationsl also be the venue when the british and irish lions play japan for the first time next summer. the match on 26thjune will act as a warm—up for their three—test tour of south africa, which starts a week later. it's been confirmed that wasps will be allowed to play in this weekend's premiership rugby final, despite seven players and four members of staff testing positive for coronavirus in the past week. premiership rugby reported that there were no more positives in the latest round of testing. wasps said they were "delighted" they could take their rightful place in the match against exeter on saturday at twickenham. arsenal midfielder mesut 0zil has spoken out for the first time since being left out of their 25—man premier league squad — registered yesterday. he hasn't played for the club since 7th march and can now only play for arsenal under—23s until his deal expires next summer. he posted an emotional statement on social media, claiming he's been showing a lack of loyalty. after n

finn russell is back in the scotland squad after missing the six nations matches in february and marcher criticised head coach gregor townsend in a newspaper interview, but the pair‘s relationship has been repaired since the six nations was halted because of the coronavirus. lock richie grey and back row blair cowan also return to the squad. three—time champion jockey frankie dettori admitted he shed a tear when he learned that the record—breaking mare ‘enable‘ was to be retired. trained byjohn gosden, she‘s the only horse to win the king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at royal ascot three times. she also won the prix de l‘arc de triomphe twice and the breeders‘ cup turf in the united states. dettori was aboard for all but the first of her 15 victories. ‘enable‘ will now be moved to her owner‘s stud to begin a breeding career next year. baketball great lebronjames has led the los angeles lakers to their first nba title in ten years. they beat the miami heat 106—93, to seal a 4—2 series victory. star manjames was at the centre of everything, scoring a triple—double, with 28 points

finn russell will start for scotland in that game — making his first six nations appearance of the yearter. scrum—half ben youngs will become only the second englishman to win 100 test caps against italy. world cup winnerjason leonard is the only other player to reach the milestone. exeter lockjonny hill will make his international debut in rome. and ireland currently top the table and are the only side whose fate rests entirely in their own hands with a bonus point win over france enough to win the tournament. tributes have been pouring in for the former wales wing jj williams, following his death at the age of 72. he was a hugely influential player in the 19705, scoring 12 tries in 30 tests as wales won four five nations titles, including two grand slams. he started out at as a sprinter before turning to rugby, and he became known as an outspoken pundit after he hung up his boots. he was a lovely, lovely friend. good — excellent player. without question one of the best, eh, if not the best wingers, especially with speed in mind. i was fortunate enough to be part of the welsh team that

finn russell is back in the scotland rugby union squad, after he and head coach gregor townsend buriedfor a drinking session and failed to make it to training the next day. he's in a ito—man squad for the autumn internationals and their final, delayed, six nations match. we have a date for anthonyjoshua's next defence of his heavyweight title — it'll be held on the 12th december, according to the man he's due to fight. joshua was supposed to take on kubrat pulev injune, but it was postponed because of the pandemic. on his website the bulgarian said the date was "official, no way back, no postponement, no rescheduling" but we're yet to have confirmation from the joshua camp. contrasting fortunes for british players at the st petersburg open tennis. good win for cameron norrie, who beat taylor fritz of the united states — a man ranked 47 places above him in the world rankings. that takes norrie through to the last 16. and we thought we were going to have another briton through after dan evans took the first set against stan wawrinka, and earned three match points in the second. but he ev