hibs are fifth in the league, ross county move up to ninth.h side to face ireland at a sold out principality stadium in the opening round of the six nations on saturday. leigh halfpenny will return and make a first wales start for 19 months after a serious knee injury and joe hawkins makes his six nations debut at inside centre. gatland has decided he'll partner the nation's most capped men's international back george north in the midfield. alun wynjones starts, while dann biggar is back at fly half after missing the autumn internationals. england open their campaign against scotland at twickenham on saturday. they'll be a fresh look to the home side with a new coaching team who are impressed by what they've seen so far. there is a freshness about the players at the minute. i have been enormously impressed and how diligent and hard working and profession of the group have been. but also i think they have enjoyed the training and they know it's has been tough and purposeful, and we are trying to prepare for a wonderful side that will be pinned

nisbet has scored five goals in five games for hibs since returning from injury.as withdrawn from the australian open just over a week before the tournament begins. no reason has been given as to why she won't be playing — she's not competed since september. venus williams has announced she also won't appear at the tournament, although that is due to injury. novak djokovic has warmed up for his australian open return by winning the adelaide international title. the serb dropped his first set of the tournament before beating the american sebastian korda in three sets... extending his winning streak in australia to sa matches. the tournament is djokovic's first in the country since he was deported in january last year because of his covid vaccine status, but his visa ban has now been overturned. the masters snooker is under way at alexandra palace and neil robertson's defence is already over. the australian was beaten by the 2015 winner shaun murphy by six frames to four. murphy led 5—1 before the defending champion fought back but he held on and will now face eithe

but hearts' 3—nil win at hibs also provided a place in the scottish cup fifth round.ls in three weeks. and joe lynskey watched the action. for two clubs in one city, this match can shape the season and edinburgh derby and the scottish cop and went to heath on easter road. but they need that to clear and they had to be in three years ago. and missed the best really chance. three minutes on, hearts were more clinical. for now thousand opt across town to see josh clinical. for now thousand opt across town to seejosh opener and more hearts to wish him to come to their captain and they came here in their captain and they came here in the summer but with their goals, they had the armband. with this, they had the armband. with this, they had the armband. with this, they had 20 of the season, no heart scored so many. the stage would turn bittersweet and send off for a second yellow but hearts with them did not stop. with ten men, the score the third to keep local pride in cup hopes alive. the sunday night noise will come from one half of the city. manchester united are the ne

two goals from lawrence shankland helped hearts to a 3—0 win over hibs in their derby at tynecastle.tjohnstone. in england, there's one game in the premier league today, brentford are playing liverpool where brentford went in front after 18 minutes the ball deflected in from this corner replays showed the final touch came from liverpool defender ibrahima konate. brentford's yoane wissa then had two goals disallowed for offside but the referee gave this one. goalline technology showed the ball had crossed the line and the bees have a 2—0 lead. it looks like darwin nunez has scored. ., , it looks like darwin nunez has scored. . , , it looks like darwin nunez has scored. ., , , . �* scored. early in the second half. va are looking — scored. early in the second half. va are looking at _ scored. early in the second half. va are looking at it _ scored. early in the second half. va are looking at it we _ scored. early in the second half. va are looking at it we will— scored. early in the second half. va are looking at it we will keep - scored. early in the second half. va are looking at it

winning an edinburgh derby is prize enough but hearts�* 3—0 win at hibs also provided a place in thefth round as their second winner of their rivals in three weeks. lawrence shankland became the first hearts player to score 20 goals in a season since 1992. but the captain was also sent off in stoppage time after receiving his second yellow card. manchester united are the new leaders of the women's super league after an 88th minute goal gave them a 1—0 win at reading. their position at the top was guaranteed after three games, including those of title rivals chelsea and arsenal were postponed due to the weather. chelsea's match against liverpool at kings meadow kicked off as scheduled at 1230 this afternoon, but the pitch remains sufficiently frozen for the referee to call it off afterjust six minutes. the situation was described as embarrassing by one pundit, while neither manager was happy the game had started. edinburgh managed to squeeze past saracens in the european rugby champions cup 20—14 in their final pool a match. but it wasn't enough to get a home tie in the competition's

elsewere hearts have strengthened their hold on third place with a 3—0 win over hibs whilst aberdeenundee united were 1—0 winners at stjohnstone. the nfl playoff picture is becoming clearer with the penultimate week of the league's regular season almost over. two teams clinched a place in the postseason... including the tampa bay buccaneers. tom brady orchestrated yet another fourth quarter comeback... throwing three touchdown passes... all to wide receiver mike evans as the bucs claimed the nfc south division title by beating the carolina panthers. the new york giants are in the playoffs for the first time since 2016... their quarterback danieljones rushed for two of his four touchdowns in their win over the indianapolis colts. while both the pittsburgh steelers and green bay packers are still alive... the packers beating division rivals minnesota for a fourth straight win that takes them one victory from the postseason. pakistan's bowlers hit back in batter—friendly conditions to claim a slight advantage over new zealand at the end of day one of the second test in karachi. the tour

today's thrashing by hibs followed on from monday's shock scottish cup defeat to sixth tier darvel.b made a brief statement on social media, referring to an "unacceptable run of results since the world cup break". rangers have narrowed the gap at the top of the table to six points after a 2—0 home win against ten man st johnstone. rangers have played a game more than celtic who are away at dundee united tomorrow. now let's turn to our attention to tennis — and what a women's final we were treated to earlier. aryna sabalenka won herfirst grand slam singles title — afterfighting back to beat elena rybakina in three sets in the australian open final. fifth seed sabalenka won under a neutralflag because her country belarus has supported russia's war in ukraine. ben croucher reports. the singles champion for 2023, aryna sabalenka. a maiden major winner, herfirst grand title was done the hard way and this was a match played between two warriors. powerful, punchy ground strokes, big serves, the points were not long but they were explosive. the biggest bang coming from rybakina in the first

while hibs have gone seventh in the table as they have a 3—1 lead at motherwell.nament begins. no reason has been given as to why she won�*t be playing — she�*s not competed since september. venus williams has announced she also won�*t appear at the tournament, although that is due to injury. novak djokovic has warmed up for his australian open return by winning the adelaide international title. the serb dropped his first set of the tournament before beating the american sebastian korda in three sets, extending his winning streak in australia to sa matches. the tournament is djokovic�*s first in the country since he was deported in january last year because of his covid vaccine status. but his visa ban has now been overturned. south africa have avoided a series clean sweep in australia by drawing the third test in sydney, albeit partly because of the rain. after following on in their second innings, south africa lost only two wickets before the game ended in a draw. australia won the series 2—0. but failed to seal a place in the final of the world test championshi

aberdeen have sacked their manager jim goodwin following today's 6—nil thrashing by hibs at easter roadurn followed a 5—0 hammering by hearts at tynecastle. the club said there have been an �*unacceptable run of results since the world cup break.�* elsewhere in the scottish premiership, rangers beat ten—man stjohnstone 2—nil. they�*re six points behind leaders celtic, who are away at dundee united tomorrow. there were also wins for ross county and st mirren. to the australian open tennis, aryna sabalenka came from a set down to win her first grand slam singles title. the fifth seed from belarus beat the wimbledon champion elena rybakina in melbourne — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. it was a great final. rybakina squandered three championship points, but finally got over the line to win the title in her first major singles final. i don't know, how i'm feeling right now, _ i don't know, how i'm feeling right now. but— i don't know, how i'm feeling right now, butjust... all, super happy. super— now, butjust... all, super happy. suoer happy, _ now, butjust... all, super happy. super happy, proud, and i don

violations goes back decades, and right now it is taking place as well, fbi prohibited -- should be proro hibfrom investigating electoral challenges, just like doing now, taking laws that are a hundred years old, and concocting laws. they are investigating legislators, and taking cellel phones away from republican members of congress, violating attorney-client privilege of certaint pr attorneys who are targeted. we cannot allowance fbi and a department of justice that is politicized on behalf of the democrat party to get involved with challenges to elections, elections can be ugly. a purely political process. and in the end, congresss ma makes the final determination over electors, not grant juries controlled by democrats, this needs to be an area where fbi, department of justice, u.s. parent attorneys cannot go. the attorney general, should be subjectedhoul to removal by a no confident vote of vot confidence it is too difficult to impeach an. attorney general, he is not in the constitution. this is a position created by congress, 1789, george washington had the first attorney general. depart

today's thrashing by hibs followed on from monday's shock scottish cup defeat to sixth tier darvel.ment on social media, referring to an "unacceptable run of results since the world cup break". now let's turn to our attention to tennis — and what a women's final we were treated to earlier. aryna sabalenka won herfirst grand slam singles title — afterfighting back to beat elena rybakina in three sets in the australian open final. fifth seed sabalenka won under a neutralflag because her country belarus has supported russia's war in ukraine. ben croucher reports. the singles champion for 2023, aryna sabalenka. b, the singles champion for 2023, aryna sabalenka. �* ., ., , sabalenka. a ma'or winner, her first rand title sabalenka. a ma'or winner, her first grand title was — sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title was done _ sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title was done the _ sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title was done the hard - sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title was done the hard way i grand title was done the hard way and this was a matc

so twenty of kevin mccarthy's colleagues have forced himof hib to become better.nd the rest of us ought to be i very grateful to them for doing it because no one else was going to . >> victor davis hanson is a senior fellow at the hooverrsonw institution. and the first person we e turncf to and things get confusing and weirbecausd because he makey sense of a world gone crazy. professor, thank you for coming on tonight. how do you interpret what'sg? happening on the hill right now? i agree with you.you, >> it's it's salutary as long t as it's goast a limit to it. i n >> and so i think a day, twohre days, three days, they're going to hammer the message that there are conservative the party and that hasn't been acting very conservatively. and i give i c think you gavei h kevin mccarthy credit that was due. he didn't quit lik carthy cedn't john boehner, boehner, and he didn't quit like paul ryan when he losuit like he lostt that co constituent. he just said, i'm not goinwithg. to deal with these people. mccarthyhy seven said, i'm goint to deal with them. i think a lot

nisbet has scored five goals in five games for hibs since returning from injury. brad hall, finished second at winterberg to claim a third world cup medal of the season. that leaves the britons second in the overall four—man standings at the halfway mark of the season. south africa avoided a series clean sweep in australia by drawing the third cricket test in sydney, albeit partly because of the rain. afterfollowing on in their second innings, south africa lost only two wickets before the game ended in a draw. australia win the series 2—0. and england's matt fitzpatrick is in a three—way tie for second at tournament of champions in hawaii... the pga tour's first event of the year. he's six shots behind leader collin morikawa two time champion naomi 0saka has withdrawn from the australian open just over a week before the tournament begins. no reason has been given as to why she won't be playing — she's not competed since september. venus williams has announced she also won't appear at the tournament, although that is due to injury. novak djokovic has warmed up for

aberdeen sacked their manager jim goodwin minutes after their 6—0 scottish premiership thrashing by hibsd cup break. jim isa jim is a good man, has given it everything, here and i met him right after the game, he came up and gave me a hug and simply said, "i know david just isn't good enough." i'm quite emotional about the club. it means everything to me. and i'm rightly, as chairman, getting the belters, i deserve it, but i'm determined to get it right. pipping leicester by 19 points to 18 at welford road. northampton won the east midlands derby in rugby union's premiership, pipping leicester by 19 points to 18 at welford road. try of the match came in the second half and was made possible byjames ramm's superb pass for ollie slightholme to finish off for northampton. this weekend sees the debut of the shot clock, being trialled to reduce wasted time on penalties and conversions. a freddie burns kick was not enough to get leicester a win on his last game for the club. exeter are into the top four after beating gloucester 24—17. olly woodburn scored the last of their three tries. glouces

winning an edinburgh derby is prize enough, but hearts�* 3—0 win at hibs earned them a place in the scottishre 20 goals in a season since 1992, but the captain was also sent off in stoppage time after receiving his second yellow card. there was real frustration in the women's super league after chelsea's game with liverpool was abandoned after kick—off due to a frozen pitch. it wasn't looking good before the game got under way at kingsmeadow, before lots of players were struggling to keep their footing, and frankly, it was quite dangerous. all this happened within six minutes before the referee abandoned it, with the game being shown live on bbc two. we've reached the last 16 stage of the australian open. novak djokovic is in action — he's got off to flying start against australia's alex de minaur. he took the first set 6—2 and is 3—0 up in he second. the winner of that match will take on russia's andrey rublev who's seeded fifth. he was involved in something of an epic this morning with denmark's holger rune. it went to a fifth set tie—break before rublevjust edged though. there was a real

winning an edinburgh derby is prize enough, but hearts' 3—0 win at hibs also earned them a place in theng his second yellow card. there was real frustration in the women's super league, after chelsea's game with liverpool was abandoned after kick off due to a frozen pitch. it wasn't looking good before the game got under way at kingsmeadow, before lots of players were struggling to keep their footing. and frankly was quite dangerous. all this happened within six minutes before the referee abandoned it. the game was being shown live on bbc two, chelsea manager emma hayes said women's football must be "taken more seriously" you could see from the opening minutes, it's like an ice rink down the sides. to be fair, it shouldn't... you know, for matt beard, he's upset that it even got to that point. and he's right because it's not for managers to decide that. that's for the fa, for officials, to determine whether it's on. we did have the heaters on, whatever. i think this is where we have to start saying to ourselves, we have to have under soil heating if we've got to take our game seriously.