and then there was chris raab sure, the former england captain, he is with harlequins aside from tenwe re harlequins aside from ten years ago were hoochie affected by the bloodgate scandal and now he is sure about the damage this saracens can do the game stop to i feel in roby we can only feel our grasses grew than others. we looked down at football, and others in athletics for cheating and stuff like this. but we are exactly the same now. we are in that position. rugby is now ina tough are in that position. rugby is now in a tough place which as a union and a collective, we're going to have to fight hard to get out of. we are no longer greener than everyone else. we are as guilty. saracens have announced they will repeal —— appealed this decision. there be many months of legal... the last thing they want is continued disruption during the business and of the domestic season. james burridge, bbc news in cardiff. staying with rugby union, and there was actually an english winner injapan last weekend. yes, the men lost the world cup final to south africa, but at the world rugby awards,

well, according to harlequins' joe marler, they are intrinsically linked.e said when asked how quins are preparing for their match against bath this weekend, after losing to clermont auvergne last time out. we got another week to get back on the horse and take that horse to the... and you can ask that horse, do you want to have a drink or do you want to swim? is up to that horse to then realise what he wants to do in his life. and that horse at the moment wants to go out on saturday, once to go to the stoop and wants to say hello to those fans, and he goes, i'm sorry about the result last week! but i'm going to get a better performance here at home against bath! he is a slightly irish horse! we're looking forward to, as! irish horse! we're looking forward to, as i say, getting back on that horse. an area looking forward to getting back on that horse?” horse. an area looking forward to getting back on that horse? i do like horses. i don't write. right, harlequins have to get a talking irish horse ahead of that match now. american football is becoming more an

they beat harlequins 40—22 — taqele naiyaravoro with two of their five tries. second after beating sale 16—10. in the pro 14, leinster have also maintained their unbeaten start to the season. they thrashed the dragons 50—15 to make it five successive wins. james lowe with two of their eight tries. elsewhere glasgow beat the southern kings and ulster beat zebre. barnsley are off the bottom of the championship after a dramatic last minute draw against bristol city. they came from 2—0 down to draw 2—2. cauley woodrow with barnsley‘s equaliser in the 94th minute. great britain's rugby league side have a really tough match coming up overnight. it's the first of back—to back tests against new zealand. the match comes after they lost their opening game of the autumn series against tonga. dave woods is in auckland for us. disappointment for great britain in their opening test match against tonga last week. this week, they are up against new zealand in the first up many cds. here at eden park in auckland, brian noble is a former great britain coach. how important is it

and then there was chris raab sure, the former england captain, he is with harlequins aside from ten the bloodgate scandal and now he is sure about the damage this saracens can do the game stop to i feel in roby we can only feel our grasses greener than others. we looked down at football, and others in athletics for cheating and stuff like this. but we are exactly the same now. we are in that position. rugby is now in a tough place which as a union and a collective, we're going to have to fight hard to get out of. we are no longer greener than everyone else. we are as guilty. saracens have announced they will appeal this decision. there be many months of legal wrangling the last thing they want is continued disruption during the business and of the domestic season. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, giles kenningham, and the political writer and academic, maya goodfellow. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro le

clermont auvergne against harlequins was a 5:30 kick off.er by captaining the barbarians at fiji at twickenham this afternoon. he couldn't prevent them slipping to a 33—31 defeat though. the fijians were flying, opening up a 15—point lead with less than ten minutes to go afterjohn dyer went over for his second try of the match. but the ba bas fought back with former south africa fly half morne steyn cutting the deficit to just two points, but they ran out of time to find a winner. the barbarians will take on brazil next before facing wales. we wa nted we wanted to win. we prepared to win. i thought we played with a lot of spirit and congratulations to steve. that is their next generation coming through and they played with lots of toughness and were very good in particular at the breakdown. for the second time in a week, england's women have beaten france — this time by 17 points to 15 in their second autumn international. four penalties from world player of the year emily scarrett had kept england in the hunt in exeter but they trailed by t

and harlequins were beaten at home by worcester 19—14.s to 7. george horne scored two of his sides tries as warriors comprehensively won in italy. they had already scored four times before zebre had a man sent off for a high challenge. the italian side remain bottom of the table, with only two points from their first six fixtures. elsewhere ospreys lost at home to southern kings. two games are under way — cardiff blues cheetahs is currently 30—17 and ulster munster is 22—16scarletts play bennetton treviso at 7:35. england's women began their autumn internationals with an impressive win over france, their first victory on french soil for seven years. they had to come from behind, but eventually found their form. sarah hunter crashing over for the second time to give the roses the lead going into the second half. world player of the year emily scarratt confirmed the victory with a penalty kick now, he only started competing in golf tournaments just over a year ago but simthandile tshabalala has already won over 20 trophies. oh and he's just

harlequins were thumped 53—21 by clermont, while munster beat 0spreys in an all—pro 1a clash in poole was already on provisional pole before bettering his time with his final run in qualifying. he'll start alongisde sebastian vettel with lewis hamilton in third. just before we go, england are playing theirfinal warm up match for their test series against new zealand. you can listen to commentary with test match special right now on bbc radio 5 live sports extra. you're up to date from the bbc sport centre. counting is under way in sri lanka after people cast their ballots in a presidential election with a high turnout of around 80%. the main contest is between the former defence secretary and the housing minister. the election comes just seven months after a terrorist attack killed more than 250 people. buses carrying muslim minority voters, attacked by unidentified gunmen in sri lanka's north—west. no—one was injured, but it meant the election started on a nervous note. as voting got under way, worries about continuing violence began to dissipate. people came out in large numbers. i

wins too for munster, leinster but harlequins were hammered by claremont.o. it‘s the brazilian grand prix this weekend and max verstappen will start on pole position with his red bull wasjust a tenth of a second faster than sebastian vettel‘s ferrari. new world champion lewis hamilton slipped into third place right at the end of the session. that‘s all the sport for now. michelle 0‘neill has been re—elected as sinn fein‘s vice—president, seeing off a challenge from the former stormont education ministerjohn 0‘dowd. the vote took place at the party‘s annual conference in londonderry. michelle 0‘neill will continue in the position which, in effect, means she is leader of sinn fein in northern ireland. she said the contest had been conducted in a "comradely way". more than 60 flood warnings are still in place across england and wales as water levels begin to subside after large parts of the country were water—logged. south yorkshire has been worst hit. today hundreds of volunteers started a clean—up effort in doncaster, a week on from the worst of the flooding

exeter, northampton and harlequins also won.ories from their autumn internationals. world player of the year, emily scarratt, was on the scoresheet. england finish the year with 12 wins from 13 games and extend their run of victories on home soil up to 17. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. the us state department has released documents setting out contacts between president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani and the secretary of state mike pompeo at a key point in the administration's attempts to put pressure on ukraine. the papers were obtained by the group american 0versight, which claims they show a clear paper trail in the drive to smear the american ambassador in kiev. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler explains the significance of these newly released documents. i'm very aware always with this impeachment inquiry there are so many names, so many allegations, but very, very simply, here's the whole issue. we are seen over the last few days the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, being dragged int

former british cycling performance director shane sutton in manchester today // and in the times harlequinssons after being found guilty of breaking the permiership salary cap lewis hamilton has barely had time to breathe, let alone celebrate, after winning his sixth formula one world title last weekend. last night he was at the g0 awards, one of the most glamourous events on the calendar, with a red carpet overflowing with impecably—dressed stars. and for hamilton, the season's not over yet. i'm definitely still on cloud nine. it's just still kind of taking time to sink in, i think it's probably because i'm still in race mode, we have two macro races to go, i want to win these races, i can't get carried away, i've not done any celebrations yet, i will wait until the end of the year, probably the last race we will celebrate. jenson button retired from formula one at the end of 2016, but the former world champion didn't retire from racing cars.(gfx)he's retire from racing cars. he's spent the last couple of years racing gt cars injapan, but this morning said on social media he's interested i

harlequins' chris robshaw says they've stained the sport image.ve their titles back. and the world para athletics championships get under way in doha today. paralympic gold medallist kadeena cox is one of 42 british athletes who are competing. we will be hoping for plenty more success to come. i wasjust we will be hoping for plenty more success to come. i was just waiting for the off then. we were poised, we didn't quite get there. there she goes. otherwise it didn't feel right. we have to see it complete. and you will stay and look at the papers ina and you will stay and look at the papers in a moment. and a miserable morning outside, wasn't it? a horrible, dirty day. in the picture says morning outside, wasn't it? a horrible, dirty day. in the picture says it all, doesn't it? it certainly does. a pretty miserable commute this morning. very good morning to you. lots of heavy rain around, heavy rain through the night. lots of spray on the roads on an ongoing risk of flooding today as well. let me just show you where we are as faras well. let me ju

one of the stars of england's world cup team has been harlequins prop kyle sinckler.local club and they wa nted school for a local club and they wanted a school team and they asked ifi wanted a school team and they asked if i would help them set up a team andi if i would help them set up a team and i said i would be able to drive the minibus and fill up water bottles a nd the minibus and fill up water bottles and organise fixtures but that was the limit of my knowledge. we know how it has gone, but it progressed at the school? to stop we did not have enough players to get a tea m did not have enough players to get a team from one age group say we combined ages but kyle was instrumental in encouraging other stu d e nts to instrumental in encouraging other students to get involved to try to tra nsfer students to get involved to try to transfer from other sports. football was a big sport in the school so many boys were athletic and quite quick. i would sit in assembly and survey who might be suitable and we cobble together a team. we were a bit rough around the edges but