that's desperately disappointing for dan sarginson and jack ormondroyd who'll both be in isolation fore played in the final in half a century. there haven't been any virus cases ahead of rugby union's saturday showpiece though — exeter and racing will contest the champions cup final in bristol, despite nine positive tests at racing two weeks ago. wasps are also trying to keep an outbreak under control — four of their players have the virus a week before they play exeter in the premiership final. and john with other problems like those at cycling's giro this is a challenging time for team sport across europe and the us, where nfl games are also being moved round because of positive cases. elsewhere today. two st mirren players returned positive tests and another member of the first team squad is self—isolating — all three will miss saturday's premiership tie with motherwell. ecuador‘s jhonatan narvaez of team ineos grenadiers won a soggy stage 12 of the giro d'italia. he braved heavy rain to take victory. joao almeida retains the overall lead. and it looks like conor mcgregor is coming

dan sarginson and jack ormondroyd will miss out on saturday's match against leeds after returning positiven top of a spate of injured players also being ruled out of one of the biggest games in the clubs history. on the pitch this evening leaders st helens took the outright lead at the top of the super league with a comfortable 48—6 win over bottom side wakefield trinity. saints tommy makinson ran in a hat—trick of tries. they're two points clear of wigan, whose match against catalans dragons was postponed after several wigan players tested positive for coronavirus. and one rugby union line to bring you. ulster captain iain henderson will miss the remainder of ireland's six nations campaign after getting a three—match ban for his red card against ospreys in the proili. he was sent off for a dangerous tackle last weekend. ronnie o'sullivan has crashed out of the english open in the third round after a comprehensive four frames to one defeat to matthew stevens welshman stevens wrapped up victory with an impressive break of 116. since winning his sixth world title in august, o'sullivan has st

dan sarginson and jack ormondroyd will miss out on saturday's match against leeds after returning positiveone of the biggest games in the clubs history. on the pitch this evening leaders st helens took the outright lead at the top of the super league with a comfortable a8—6 win over bottom side wakefield trinity. saints tommy makinson ran in a hat—trick of tries. they're two points clear of wigan, whose match against catalans dragons was postponed after several wigan players tested positive for coronavirus. and one rugby union line to bring you. ulster captain iain henderson will miss the remainder of ireland's six nations campaign after getting a three—match ban for his red card against ospreys in the proili. he was sent off for a dangerous tackle last weekend. ronnie o'sullivan has crashed out of the english open in the third round after a comprehensive four frames to one defeat to matthew stevens welshman stevens wrapped up victory with an impressive break of 116. since winning his sixth world title in august, o'sullivan has struggled — he also lost in the second round of the european m

dan sarginson and jack ormondroyd will miss out on saturday's match against leeds after returning positive the biggest games in the clubs history. and one rugby union line to bring you. ulster captain iain henderson will miss the remainder of ireland's six nations campaign after getting a three—match ban for his red card against ospreys in the pro1li. he was sent off for a dangerous tackle last weekend. finally chris gayle — the self styled universe boss — has been back to what he does best. smashing the ball out of the ground. gayle hadn't played since january but showed no signs of rust hitting a quick 53 as his kings 11 punjab side beat royal challengers bangalore in the ipl holding the bat upside down while celebrating his 50 was just about the only thing he got wrong. luckily we can still read upside down. that's all the sport for now. thank you so much as always. millions of people across the country and other areas face tougher covid measures from saturday. from midnight tomorrow a raft of areas streching from barrow in furness in cumbria to elmbridge in surrey will move into the hi

dan sarginson and jack ormondroyd will miss out on saturday‘s match against leeds after returning positiveard against ospreys in the pro14. he was sent off for a dangerous tackle last weekend. three days after winning the women‘s french open, 19 year old iga swiatek says she‘s still not recovered from the whirlwind of taking the title. the pole beat sofia kenin in the final at roland garos, becomng the only unseeded player to ever win the french open. actually, i did not, i did have time to unpack from the whole trip because it‘s pretty crazy here in poland and the fans, i have to learn a lot about that and i‘m still going to need some time to look at it from a different perspective. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc dot co dot uk slash sport across the country, twenty eight million people across england will be living under the two highest alert levels from this weekend — with london, essex, parts of surrey and derbyshire — alongside york and barrow—in—furness all facing tougher restrictions, with a ban on households

re dan sarginson, who would have fetured in tomorrow's challenge cup final against leeds, and jack ormondroydin the week. st helens recorded a ninth straight win over wakefield. tommy makinson with a hat—trick of tries in a a8—6 victory. one rugby union line for you, breaking overnight, and the world champions south africa have pulled out of the rugby championship, just 15 days before its due to start, over what they call, "player welfare" concerns — they say they've had less time to prepare than new zealand and the hosts australia. and bristol bears play their first european final tonight — they take on toulon, for the european challenge cup title. a thousand fans aloud in that one. and finally, when we're hurting, in life, in sport, it helps to share, to off load, and that's what liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, did after his side's 7—2 thrashing by aston villa, with the merseyside derby, looming next tomorrow, he says he eased the pain by sending a full and frank message to all his players. the night after the game was not the best night of my life, let me say like this. we got up in the m