he has had shoulder surgery harlequins do.e has had shoulder surgery and will play no part in the six nations. you tommy about being —— he told me about being in that squad under eddie jones. —— he told me about being in that squad under eddie jones. they always wa nt to squad under eddie jones. they always want to get better and improve. they are never satisfied. you have moments to reflect and wish them well. a good set of leaders who will continue to drive the squad forward. i'm sure we'll see them in the six nations. can you put your finger on what eddiejones has done? when i was low on confidence he gave me that confidence. he has given the tea m me that confidence. he has given the team belief to go out and play. it has paid off. another challenge tomorrow with the french coming. with a physical battle. as the forward pack in midfield player you know what you are up against. you really see forwards and what they are about. that is a big test. houses losing the captaincy made you a better player? have you improved? iam no

he surpasses mark cueto‘s tally of 90 tries to stand alone on 91, after crossing over against harlequinspatrick gearey reports. tom varndell has plunged into rugby history, try 91 against harlequins was breaking the premiership record. whether at bristol or leicester and wasps, he turned it pace into points over his career. he told me recently about his love of crossing the line. i love scoring tries, that is myjob ina team, i love scoring tries, that is myjob in a team, any player wants to leave their mark on the game. if i can do that with my dry scoring, that would be fantastic. he has been trying for some time. varndell has played 12 seasons i'd english rugby's hires level, in a time he has appeared in 177 premiership games and run in 91 tries, a figure that puts him at head of mark cueto, that master try scorer. and a man who knows the miles that goes into every finish. his biggest asset is his speed. his lightning quick, always one of the fastest guys in the premiership, and from an athletic point of view there is no one better out there than him. that is a credit to him. he is cre

to pass mark cueto's record of 90 premiership tries, and could do it tonight when his side face harlequinsreports. there aren't many who can keep up with tom varndell, one of the fastest players around, you have the wait for the replay is the captain. with leicester, wasps and bristol he has turned pays into points and one more try will take into the premiership record. scoring tries is what i love to do. it is myjob in the team being on the end of most of the team being on the end of most of the moves. most players like to leave their mark on the game, if i can do it with my try scoring, it is fantastic. he has played 12 seasons at english rugby‘s highest level. he has appeared in 176 premiership games and run in 90 tries. a figure that him if; " eelquw must try g: , eelquw must try ‘g sale 7 eelquw must try i sale sharks the must try scorer for sale sharks and england. a man who knows the miles that goes into every finish. his biggest asset is his speed. he is lightning quick, always one of the fastest guys. from an athletic point of view, there isn't anyone better out there than him. th

and leicester on the brink of the top four with a win at the harlequins. lots for you. starting with claudio ranieri, the ex— leicester city manager and how the man who helped make one of the sports great stories has become one of its most famous victims. ranieri claimed in a statement this afternoon that his dream died. leicester are currently one point above the relegation zone after a string poor performances in the league. earlier, the team's interim manager craig shakespeare, who was his assistant, insisted ranieri hadn't lost the support of the players and that they needed the fans on their side. i can't tell the fans how to behave ati i can't tell the fans how to behave at i think what i will say is we will need their support over the next coming matches starting against liverpool on monday. can you categorically say he hadn't lost some parts of the dressing room? categorically say he hadn't lost some parts of the dressing room7m is pure speculation and what i would say is there was a lot of frustration with results but he hadn't lost the dressing room. well the

try 91 against harlequins has beaten the premiership record.. scoring tries is myjob in the team. any player was to leave their mark on the game. ifi was to leave their mark on the game. if i can do that that would be fantastic. he has been trying for some time. he has played 12 seasons at end and's hires level and has appeared in 177 premiership games and scored 91 tries, which pits ahead of the playerfrom and scored 91 tries, which pits ahead of the player from sale sharks. his biggest asset is his lead. he is very quick and he is always one of the fastest. from an athletic point of view, no one is better. that is credit to him. he is creeping into his 30s now so is to still be in the shape years and usually good. he is beaten in one sense, he played 55 times

premiership tonight and it was a big win for leicester who are closing in on the top 4 after beating harlequinsaking an early lead it was quins who led at half time but leicester came back, freddie burns scoring more than half their points, with their third and final try as well as kicking ten points. leicester a re now level with 4th placed bath, only behind on points difference. in the pro 12, cardiff narrowly won at edinburgh... to inflict more misery looking beaten and ii points down on the hour, the blues staged a come back — lloyd williams with the match winning try. 18—17 the score. in the knights of the games, newport when strachan is worth 8054—22. lei nster when strachan is worth 8054—22. leinster hardtop because munster we re leinster hardtop because munster were top before. it was a busy night in rugby league's super league with five games. warrington were hoping for another win after their victory over the brisbane broncos in the world club series but they were left red faced by castleford whose man of the match zak hardaker gave them the lead and they never looked back. 30—22 the

despite that varndell try, his side were well beaten by harlequins, which means bristol remain rooted to the foot of the table. and confirmation of that late win for bath who remain on course to reach the play offs. scarlets have moved above glasgow warriors in the pro 12 after they beat them 26—14 at scotstoun. the warriors had the early lead but scarlets wing tom williams scored the first of two tries for the welsh side. the victory leaves scarlets fourth in the table. munster remain top. comfortably beating newport gewnt dragons 45 — 17. fourth placed glasgow lost to scarlets. second placed ospreys were comfortable winners over bottom of the table zebre. ulster beat edinburgh. well, the rugby continues this weekend with round two of the six nations. wales welcome england to cardiff, whilst scotland are in paris to take on france, a place they haven't won since 1999. let's get some team news, beginning our round up in rome where ireland face italy in the first match of the weekend. it was a captain ‘s run with a difference this afternoon for ireland, as no captain was attendance at

world by launching a domestic super rugby competition. 10 women's clubs, including bristol ladies, harlequinave been invited to take part in the league which will start in september. the governing body wants to double the number of women and girls playing rugby to 50,000. finally before we go just a reminder that the draw for the fourth round of the rugby league's challenge cup gets underway in around a quarter of an hour.. championship teams join the draw in this round with matches due to be played on the 18th and 19th march. you can watch the draw live on the bbc sport website or via the red button . that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. the headlines on bbc news. a coroner has ruled that the 30 british victims of the tunisian terror attack were unlawfully killed. he also condemned the response of the country's police — describing it as ‘at best shambolic and at worst cowardly‘. the former owner of bhs, sir philip green, has agreed to pay £363 million to help restore the pensions of staff who worked at the collapsed retailer. britain's m

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and bath remain fourth — they beat harlequins 22 points to 12.lark plus excellent kicking from rhys priestland ensured victory for bath. leicester stay in fifth place after beating bristol 50—17. australian rugby union have confirmed this morning that former lock dan vickerman, who played for northampton saints in 2009, has died. he was just 37 years old. vickerman played 63 tests for australia and featured in three world cups. he passed away at his family home in sydney and is survived by wife, sarah and two sons. no details of the cause of death have been disclosed. 0n social media, northampton said oui’ 0n social media, northampton said our thoughts are with his family and friends. rest in peace. northampton will play newcastle later today. the final of snooker‘s welsh 0pen starts at 1 o'clock withjudd trump playing stuart bingham. trump beat scott donaldson six frames to three. a break of 60 in the 9th frame gave him the win. stuart bingham, the 2015 world champion, was in destructive form last night — thrashing robert milkins by six frames t

two of them....this was the pick of the bunch, and bath remain in fourth place — they overcame harlequinss by two tries to one, but a try from max clark plus excellent kicking from rhys priestland ensured victoyr for bath. the australian rugby union have confirmed this morning that former lock dan vickerman, who played for northampton saints in 2009, has died. he was just 37 years old. vickerman played 63 tests for australia and featured in three world cups. he passed away at his family home in sydney and is survived by wife sarah and their two sons. no details of the cause of death have been disclosed. mo farah won the final race of his indoor career, taking the 5,000 metre title at the birmingham grand prix. farah set a new european record winning injust over 13 minutes. he says he's going to focus on road racing after the world championships in london this summer. i can't quite believe it is my last race. it is weird thinking about saying goodbye and i have had great support from everyone, particularly the strike were sets are many records. —— where i have said so many records. laura m

harlequins flanker jack clifford will make just his second start replacing tom wood, who drops to the will be part of an inexperienced back row which will have a total ofjust 20 caps to its name. jack nowell also comes in forjonny may on the wing. scotland captain greig laidlaw says his team have learned how to handle pressure since coach vern cotter took over. after holding off a late comeback from ireland last saturday, laidlaw feels his team have an excellent chance of making it two wins out of two when they play france this weekend even though it's 18 years since they last won in paris. the start of the game is massively important, the first instances in the game, our kick—off for us receiving, the first thing we do in the game is psychologically important for them, as it is for us, and if we can stay in the game for the first 20 minutes, and the whole half, if we can do that then it will put them under pressure. what is important for me is that arsenal football club goes well and i dedicate my energy for the club to do well. the future of the football association is set to be deb

in sport, england make two changes for their six nations game against wales at harlequins flanker jacklacing tom wood, while jack nowell comes in on the wing. britain is hoping to become one of the top five world skiing and snowboarding nations by 2030. with a here to go until the winter olympics, uk sport is aiming for a record medal haul of at least five. after a series of injuries and a 15 month absence from golf, tiger woods says he will never feel great again. he had to pull out of the dubai desert classic earlier this month because of back spasms. more on both later. some breaking news on the story about the abandoning by surrey cou nty about the abandoning by surrey county council of their referendum on funding social care. this was raised in the house of commons yesterday by the labour leader, jeremy corbyn. he said he had seen texts from the leader of surrey 70 peshmerga surrey county council suggesting he would kill off what was potentially an embarrassing referendum on social care in surrey, after an offerfrom referendum on social care in surrey, after an offer from minister

harlequins against leicester — the visitors can move into the top four with a win. currently leading 10—3 at the stoop. there are three games in the pro 12 edinburgh are at home to cardiff and it's a tight game, edinburgh with the only try so far at myreside — neil cochrane the scorer. it's now 12—6 to edinburgh. there are five games in rugby league's super league tonight... warrington, fresh from their win over the brisbane broncos in the world club series are playing castleford. and they're looking good again 6—4 the latest score, andre savelio with his second try of the season. these other games. that is the sport for now. goodbye. president trump has promised to carry out what he called one of the greatest military build—ups in american history. in a speech to conservative activists in maryland, he said nobody would dare to question american military might ever again. we are also putting in a massive budget request for our beloved military. and we will be substantially upgrading all of our military, all of our military. offensive, defensive, everything. bigger a

bottom of the table bristol are up against harlequins.ecord, 91 tries for him, beating the previous record. sale ta ke beating the previous record. sale take on newcastle, that much just getting underway. four games in the pro 12 tonight. ulster have come from behind to take charge of their game against edinburgh. they already have a bonus point, currently leading 24—10. top of the table glasgow trailing against scarlets. munster as well up against newport gwent dragons, leading 24—3. zebre, bottom of the table, up against ospreys, trailing ten points to 26. the new super league season is already underway and tonight, the turn of castleford tigers. they are up turn of castleford tigers. they are up against newly promoted leads centurions. —— lee centurions. widnes lead zinc huddersfield —— leading huddersfield 6—0. 0ne game in the championship tonight, sheffield wednesday, chasing a play—off place, taking on birmingham city. the home side are ahead thanks toa city. the home side are ahead thanks to a goal inside ten minutes from new signi

the division's bottom side were thrashed by harlequins, but varndell scored his 91st premiership try,penalty from, rhys priestland, gave third place bath, a one point victory over northampton. elsewhere sale sharks beat newcastle. scarlets moved into the top four of the pro 12, after an important win over glasgow. tom williams scored one of their two tries. the top two of munster, and ospreys, both won, and so did ulster. the big football news this morning is confusion over the future of the rangers manager mark warburton this morning. rangers said in a statement, that he had resigned from his position, but warburton says he wasn't aware of that, and is consulting his legal team. rangers are third in the scottish premiership, but 27 points behind celtic. ranger play greenock morton tomorrow, in the scottish cup fifth round, and under—20 coach graeme murty, is set to lead the side in place of warburton. celtic are the early kick off today — they play inverness. there is one game in the premiership today — dundee are playing kilmarnock. the early kick off in the premier league is at the

and leicester on the brink of the top four with a win at the harlequins. lots for you.rts great stories has become one of its most famous victims. ranieri claimed in a statement this afternoon that his dream died. leicester are currently one point above the relegation zone after a string poor performances in the league. earlier, the team's interim manager craig shakespeare, who was his assistant, insisted ranieri hadn't lost the support of the players and that they needed the fans

harlequins flankerjack clifford, will make, just his second start, replacing tom wood who drops to theich will have a total ofjust 20 caps to its name. jack nowell also comes in. forjonny may on the wing. great britain play turkey in the fed cup tomorrow, looking to make it three wins out of three, in their round robin group. early today they beat latvia, to make it 2 out of 2 following victory over portugal and they are yet to drop a rubber. new team captain anne keothavong is confident of a clean sweep in her first competition... i really have belief in my players andi i really have belief in my players and i feel that everyone i really have belief in my players and ifeel that everyone has been playing well, the team spirit is high and we're looking forward to tomorrow. i team gb will be favourites against turkey tomorrow. that is all the sport for now. i will have more free in the next hour. ——i will have more free in the next hour. —— i am sure that team gb will be favourites. studio: mike, thank you very much. jeremy corbyn has made four appointments to the labour front bench, fol

harlequins flankerjack clifford, will make, just his second start, replacing tom wood, who drops to the. jack nowell also comes in forjonny may on the wing. scotland were the other winners, on the tournament's opening weekend, and their captain greig laidlaw, says his team, have learned, how to handle pressure since coach vern cotter took over. after holding off a late comeback, from ireland last saturday laidlaw feels his team have an excellent chance, of making it of two when they play france this weekend — even though it's 18 years, since they last won in paris. it's massively important when you travel away to france, the first insta nces travel away to france, the first instances in the game, the first thing you do in the game is psychologicallyjust as important for them as it is for us. we need to stay in the game, play in the right areas and not muck about too much for the first 20 minutes then we'll put them under pressure and upset their crowd a little bit. donnacha ryan and cian healy, have been drafted into the ireland pack for their game against italy, in rome on saturday. he

the division's bottom side were thrashed by harlequins, but varndell scored his 91st premiership try,ctory over northampton. elsewhere sale sharks beat newcastle. scarlets moved into the top four, of the pro 12, after an important win over glasgow. tom williams scored one of their two tries. the top two of munster, and ospreys, both won, and so did ulster. there's confusion over the future of the rangers manager mark warburton this morning. rangers said in a statement that he had resigned from his position but warburton says he wasn't aware of that and is consulting his legal team. rangers are third in the scottish premiership but 27 points behind celtic. under—20 coach graeme murty is set to lead the side in topmorrow‘s scottish cup tie with greenock morton. the early kick off in the premier league is at the emirates where arsenal take on a rejuvenated hull city side. arsenal are currently in fourth but have lost their last two matches, which has led to renewed speculation over manager arsene wenger‘s future. former arsenal and england striker ian wright thinks this will be wenger‘s

they overcame a battling harlequins side to come out on top at the rec. 22—12. and leicester stay fifth, after a 50—17 win over bottom—of—the—table bristol. they ran in eight tries, withjp pietersen scoring two of them. warrington wolves have had the first win by an english club over australian opponents for five years. they beat brisbane broncos in the first match of rugby league's world club series. three tries in the opening 20 minutes, including this from matty russell, did the early damage, and they went on to win 27—18. tonight it is the turn of the super league champions wigan warriors to represent great britain against the best of the nrl. wigan, who won the grand final back in october, face reigning australian champions cronulla sharks. it is massive. it is a bit different than the others, when you work all year to get this. this is more of a reward from last season, to get to the final and win last year. but it still means a massive amount of the players, and the club. the history of wigan, there has been a few wins in this competition. so if we

bath stay in fourth — they overcame a battling harlequins side to come out on top by 22 points to 12.to 17. mo farah won the final race of his indoor career, taking the 5,000 metre title at the birmingham grand prix. farah set a new european record winning injust over 13 minutes. he says he's going to focus on road racing after the world championships in london this summer. i can't quite believe it is my last race but i have had a great career. it is weird thinking about saying goodbye because i have had great support from everyone and particularly the strike on which i have sent the black sets are many records. —— this track on which i have set so many records. laura muir broke the british record taking the title in the women's 1000 metres. she beat the previous best held by kelly holmes. it was also the second fastest indoor 1,000 metres of all time. warrington wolves have had the first win by an english club over australian opponents for five years. they beat brisbane broncos in the first match of rugby league's world club series. three tries in the opening twenty minutes, includin