the scotland rugby union head coach gregor townsend has been given a 2 year contract extension. the currentded after next years world cup injapan but he'll now stay in charge through to 2021. gareth bale looks like he's still wanted by real madrid. out of favour for much of last season, the new manager julen lopetegui has outlined how important the welshman is to the club after the departure of christino ronaldo. and odds—on—favourite stradivarius ridden by andrea atzeni has won back—to—back goodwood cups after taking the lead in the finalfurlong. frankie dettori was due to take the ride but is currently supended for careless riding. 66 of great britain 5 leading sailors are in denmark with a first chance to qualify for the 2020 tokyo olympics. olympic champion hannah mills is amongst those at the 10 day world championships that start on thursday in aarhus. bbc olympic reporter nick hope has been to meet mills and her new partner in the a70 class eilidh mcintyre. having followed the london 2012 silver with this gold medal hannah mills considered joining partner saskia, in retirement but the

the scotland rugby union head coach gregor townsend has been given a two—year contract extension.rld cup injapan, but he'll now stay in charge through to 2021. gareth bale looks like he's still wanted by real madrid. out of favour for much of last season, the new manager julen lopetegui has outlined how important the welshman is to the club after the departure of christino ronaldo. and england prop rochelle "rocky" clark has ended her test career after 137 appearances, she helped win the world cup in 2014 and is the most—capped woman in rugby union, but will continue to play for her club, wasps. the father of ellie soutter says she was scared of letting people down. she died last week on her 18th birthday, the family have set up a foundation in her name, through which they helped hope to help young athletes with financial support. there is a lot of pressure on children, and mental awareness needs to be looked at and made more public. as we know, it has been lately, but as a family and as her friends, we thought ellie had come out of the other side of a particularly dark time in he

scotland head coach gregor townsend has signed a new, two year contract extension.ar's six nations. townsend will now be in charge until at least 2021. gareth bale can fill the void left by cristiano ronaldo's departure at real madrid, according to the club's new manager. the welshman's future had been in doubt as he was often out of favour with his former boss zinedine zidane, and struggled with injury last season. however, new head coach julen lopetgui called bale a ‘magnificent player‘ and said he was ‘happy to stay‘ at the bernabeu. translation: he also asked about gareth bale and the others and we are delighted that they are staying with us and we are convinced it will be a magnificent year. i think gareth bale is an extraordinary player and we expect a lot of this season but were certain he will give us the best of him we‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. back to news that a man has been sentenced to seven years in prison foran sentenced to seven years in prison for an acid attack. joanne rand died 11 days after acid was thrown over her. some