wales fullback leigh halfpenny has announced his retirement from international rugby union.th november will be his final test, but he'll continue to play club rugby. at the age of 3a, halfpenny has 101 caps to his name, and with 801 points scored, he is third in the all—time welsh list behind neiljenkins and stephenjones. halfpenny said he'd made the decision with a heavy heart, and it had been a huge honour and privilege to put on the welsh jersey for the past 15 years. the provisional details of rugby league's new grading structure have been released this morning, with leeds rhinos coming out top. they are one of seven clubs to be initially awarded grade a status, which would ensure their place in super league. the detailed analysis looks at five elements — on—field performance, fandom, finances, stadium and community. the plan is to give clubs a clear indication of their strengths and weaknesses, and the areas in which they need to improve to increase their score ahead of the start of the new system in the 2025 season. at the cricket world cup, australia look on their way

at the age of 3a, halfpenny has 101 caps to his name.cored, he is third in the all—time welsh list behind neiljenkins and stephen jones. arizona diamondbacks overcame philadelphia phillies to reach their first baseball world series in 22 years. corbin carrol scored two runs in the 11—2 win and then took the deciding catch as the diamondbacks won the national league championship. they had trailed 2—0 earlier in the series but recovered brilliantly and will play texas rangers in game1 of the fall classic on friday. and there were champagne celebrations in the locker room afterwards. and that's all the sport for now. the un says thousands of pregnant women in gaza are in grave danger, because they are not able to reach medical facilities to deliver their babies. earlier i spoke to laila baker in cairo. she is the united nations population fund arab states regional director. at the moment, with this siege... we are very concerned about the five and a half thousand women that will give birth in the next few weeks. they have nowhere to go. the

wales full—back leigh halfpenny has also announced his retirement from international rugby.is third in the all—time list for wales behind neiljenkins and stephen jones. he also toured three times with the british and irish lions. halfpenny said he'd made the decision with a heavy heart and it had been a huge honour and privilege to put on the welsh jersey for the past 15 years. he'll continue to play domestically, but is without a club at the moment. it does feel as if there is a changing of the guard in welsh rugby, and there are concerns about where the next generation of players will come from. one coach has warned the number of talented young players choosing to leave wales to develop their careers in england has gone "from a trickle to a flood". and a new bbc wales survey suggests a dramatic drop in the number of schools playing rugby at youth level compared to 20 years ago. wyre davies reports. they reached the world cup quarterfinals, and for much of the last two decades, the welsh men's rugby union team has been at the top. but has that success been papering over cra

wales fly half leigh halfpenny has revealed the match against the barbarians a week on saturday willal appearance, while ben youngs, england's most capped men's player, will end his international career after the world cup third—place play—off against argentina on friday — winning his 127th and final cap. youngs made his test debut against scotland in march 2010, when current coach steve borthwick was captain. i feel incredibly proud to have done it for this long. i think it's taken a huge amount of effort to do it for 13 years, and it's just fitting. it feels right. i feel so privileged to be able to play and walk away on my terms. i've always had this focus of getting to this world cup, and i neverfelt that, after this world cup, i would need to carry on or anything like that. i look forward to playing club rugby and look forward to supporting this team from a distance, but it's been a great ride. ben has been a tremendous player for english rugby for such a long time. 0ur record cap holder, test appearances, player who has seen a lot, been to four world cups, and i think has playe

and there's a double retirement in british rugby as ben youngs waves goodbye to england and leigh halfpennys to get through, but we start with the champions league where the group stages have reached the halfway point — and the current holders look like they're the team to beat. manchester city have maintained their 100 per cent record in the group stages — making it three wins from three after beating young boys 3—i. manuel akanji put city ahead before young boys equalised with a brilliant finish from meschack elia but a penalty and a late strike from erling haaland meant city take home all three points. they're also three points clear of rb leipzig who beat red star belgrade 3—i. newcastle's unbeaten start to the tournament is over. they went down 1—0 to borussia dortmund — felix nmecha with the goal. newcastle were unfortunate not to get a point late on — as they hit the posts twice. defeat leaves them 3rd in the group after psg

wales fly half leigh halfpenny has revealed the match against the barbarians a week on saturday willal appearance, while ben youngs, england's most capped men's player, will end his international career after the world cup third—place play—off against argentina on friday, winning his 127th and final cap. youngs made his test debut against scotland in march 2010 when current coach steve borthwick was captain. i feel incredibly proud to have done it for this long. i think it's taken a huge amount of effort to do it for 13 years, and it'sjust a huge amount of effort to do it for 13 years, and it's just fitting. a huge amount of effort to do it for 13 years, and it'sjust fitting. it feels right. ifeel so privileged to be able to play and walk away on my terms. i've always had this focus of getting to this world cup, and i never felt that after this world cup i would need to carry on or anything like that. some will look forward to playing club rugby and look forward to supporting this team from a distance, but it's been a great ride. meanwhile, the rugby football union have revealed talk

laughter and coming up on bbc news: wales full—back leigh halfpenny retires from international rugby,er winning over 100 caps. he said it was a huge honour and privilege to represent his country. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one live from jerusalem. there are growing calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between israel and hamas, so that more aid can be allowed into gaza. the un agency for palestinian refugees has warned its shelters in the gaza strip are overwhelmed with displaced people. it says the facilities are now holding 600,000 palestinians, which is four times their capacity. israel has allowed limited food, water and medicine into the territory via the rafah crossing with egypt, but isn't allowing fuel supplies, over fears they'll end up in the hands of hamas. hamas is designated a terrorist group by many western governments, including the uk. the united states said it would support a lull in the fighting, but not a full ceasefire, because it said that would only benefit hamas. the hamas health ministry says more than 6,500 people have been killed s

wales fly half leigh halfpenny has revealed the match against the barbarians a week on saturday willlast international appearance, while ben youngs, england's most capped men's player, will end his international career after the world cup third—place play—off against argentina on friday — winning his 127th and final cap. ben has been a tremendous playerfor english rugby for such a long time. our record cap holder test 0ur record cap holder test appearances player who has seen a lot, been to four world cups, and i think has played an important role within the squad, this world cup helping, particularly mitchell, helping, particularly mitchell, helping the team progress through this tournament, so i think a guy who is a brilliant player and a fantastic team man. meanwhile, england captain 0wen farrell says the online abuse tom curry has recieved is unacceptable. curry appears to have been targeted after claiming he was racially abused by bongi mbonambi during england's semi—final defeat to south africa last weekend. world rugby are investigating the incident. what isn't understandable

wales fly—half leigh halfpenny has revealed the match against the barbarians a week on saturday willo have done it for this long. i think it's taken a huge amount of effort to do it for 13 years, and it's just fitting. it feels right. i feel so privileged to be able to play and walk away on my terms. i've always had this focus of getting to this world cup, and i neverfelt that after this world cup, i would need to carry on or anything like that. i look forward to playing club rugby and look forward to supporting this team from a distance, but it's been a great ride. meanwhile, the rugby football union have revealed talks are underway for a women's international against new zealand at twickenham next year — in what would be a repeat of last year's world cup final. england's women first played at twickenham last year — when over 58,000 fans watched them beat france to win the six nations grand slam. really exciting as a squad, to be honest. we are a squad that wants to keep breaking world records, and what better place to do it than at twickenham, again, against new zealand? i think an

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. >> yeah we haven't got the halfpennies anymore. no they've gone but we've still got one p's.>> just smash me. i would be on the half p you'd be on the half. i would certainly be on the half p. there's no question about that. >> how you doing? what's happening to you? >> i'm excited. going to >> i'm so excited. it's going to be great weekend. great be a great weekend. great weekend sport. lots rugby, weekend of sport. lots of rugby, lots we have rugby lots of rugby. we have rugby world quarterfinals and the world cup quarterfinals and the great greatest moment in english rugby of course, 2003 when rugby was, of course, 2003 when we lifted the world so 20 we lifted the world cup. so 20 years ago, i remember that well. the the whole thing, the man behind the whole thing, seven years, england coach, the legendary sir clive woodward, i believe is in marseille at the moment. morning, clive . oh. oh oh. >> he didn't like. what did you say to him? >> he didn't look at you, did he? >> you know what it was all about? it was all about the to pee. he was always a fan of the dormouse. and