sri lanka again won the toss, two wickets for katherine brunt restricted them to 108—6.target in double quick time. 79 was the opening stand between new look opening partnership, danielle wyatt and amy jones. that broke the back of the innings, eventually tammy beaumont getting england home. nine on the bounce for england now on this tour of the indian subcontinent, and again a ruthless and decisive effort from mark robinson's side. the interim ceo of the rfu nigel melville has given his opinion for the first time on the controversial nations championship in rugby union. he says the idea is good, but that he has "huge concerns" the world rugby proposal of an international league would dramatically change the structure of the game and introduce promotion and relegation to the six nations. i think it is something that is really interesting that you could marry up the global season and pull it all together north and south, and we have been trying for a number of years. we have got as close as we got for a long time, so it is quite exciting. we have to consider all of the op

sri lanka again won the toss, two wickets for katherine brunt restricted them to 108—6., 79 the opening stand between a new look opening partnership, danielle wyatt and amy jones. that broke the back of the innings, eventually tammy beaumont getting england home. nine on the bounce for england now on this tour of the indian subcontinent, and againa of the indian subcontinent, and again a ruthless and decisive from a mark robinson's site. we have worked really hard this tour, really buzzing to get nine wins on the bounce. 0ddly get to ten in the next game we've got. how has this england side made it look so straightforward? we have tried to be quite ruthless. we set our plans in place, and we are in good form at the moment, just trying to get the job done every time. still to come on sportsday — there's a surprising result from a bbc survey in scottish football when asked whether clubs should be punished for fan behaviour. why would we punish a club who are doing everything they can to try to mitigate a position on one person, because of a societal issue, decides to throw

katherine brunt starring with the ball. the six nations returns this weekend.the grand slam. scarlets and 0spreys players in the welsh side have been training against the backdrop of a bitter row over the on—off merger between the two regions — but centrejonathan davies says they'll be putting those distractions behind them on saturday. i think players are looking forward toa i think players are looking forward to a big test match on the weekend, thatis to a big test match on the weekend, that is what we love doing, that is what we are here to do, and i think thatis what we are here to do, and i think that is the most important thing now for us, to focus on that. going up to murrayfield is always a difficult place to go and play, so that is where the focus is now with us. as for scotland, captain greig laidlaw will start on the bench on saturday. ali price has been preferred at scrum—half, one of four changes made by gregor townsend following their defeat to france last time out. we are out of the running of the championship, but we still want to play to our po

while the batters were dominant, katherine brunt took three wickets in the first 7 overs of the sri lankanfresh from four victories in the balance, india, the end of the toy there. they hundred and 31 ——331 for 7, no sites have ever scored more than that in a one—day international in the women's game. the tax court, amy and captain, it was ruthless for england. reduced 46 for 7. ...might be in a record—breaking score. the brain eventually rolled in, it comes down again here in sri lanka. —— the rain came out. the victory margin for england, a massive 154 runs. we are happy to get the series off to a good start really. i think in previous times, we have not been so good on the first match of the series, but we have been constant for the last few weeks or so. good to get that went on the board. a perfect site for england. the same thing you hear is on there can be storms around, desperate to get a game in and be sure that they can become important in that championship points. special olympics great britain has won its first medals of the games in abu dhabi. the team has more than 120 athlete

katherine brunt took three wickets as sri lanka slumped to 46 for seven before the rain came, and thef 314. and lewis hamilton is on pole for the opening grand prix of the season in australia. set your alarms for commentary of the race on five live at 5am! is it from me. thank you. a short time ago, mike's fellow 2017 love island contestant and friend, montana brown, love island star, mike thalassitis, has been found dead near his hometown in essex. the 26—year—old rose to fame on love island in 2017, where he became a tv sensation after his stint on the show. the former league one footballer, who comes from a cypriot family, enjoyed a successful playing career before becoming a reality tv star, following his appearance on season 3 of love island. his manager confirmed his death earlier this evening, and the cause of his death is not yet known. a short time ago, mike's fellow 2017 love island contestant and friend, montana brown, reacted to the news. she said: a short while ago, our correspondent charlotte gallagher told me more. he was found dead in essex on friday, in woods close to

katherine brunt took three wickets as sri lanka slumped to 46 for seven before the rain came. and theal olympics great britain has won its first medals of the games in abu dhabi. the team has more than 120 athletes with intellectual disabilities competing across 17 sports in the middle east. stuart pollitt is there. special olympics great britain is on the board in terms of gold metals here. they have also had success in the pack gymnastics arena where both the pack gymnastics arena where both the men's and women's team brought home some silverware. among those in action is someone who has been creating quite a start with his routines out here. what is it like meeting people from all over the world ? meeting people from all over the world? i am meeting loads of good friends, and when i finish my rinks routine, he asked how did i do that, incredible stop i said ijust done a lot of training i guess. top in los angeles some years ago, won her first gold in that 2019 gains in the race. today, we sat and eagerly anticipated football match. that game ended goal list, which is a good result

katherine brunt took three wickets as sri lanka slumped to 46 for seven before the rain came... and they, but it looks like the same old story ahead of the australian grand prix. that's because world champion lewis hamilton picked up where he left off, dominating the sport. the briton broke the track record in qualifying as he claimed pole in melbourne for the sixth year in a row. ferrari had looked better in preseason testing, but sebastian vettel was a huge seven tenths of a second off the pace in third. that's all the sport for now. it is still goalless between wills and manchester united. a man has died after being stabbed in south—west london. scotland yard said officers were called to reports of a fight in fulham in the early hours of this morning. a 29—year old man was pronounced dead at the scene. caroline davies reports. police tape and an ambulance in west london. it's the second fatal knife attack in the area in nine days. yet another one in this area. i don't think you thinkjust because you live in a nice area where all the houses are pretty that you're going to be safe. the

sri lanka could only manage 108—6 in their innings, with two wickets for katherine brunt and one for england chased down their target in 1a overs, danielle wyatt top—scoring with 37. victory in the final match on thursday would give them record a 10th win in a row, after they whitewashed india in their t20 series and then beat sri lanka 3—nil in the one—day series. we have worked really hard this tour. it has been a shift for us and hopefully ten wins in the next game. it is not easy to win any international game of cricket, how is this england side making it look straightforward? we were quite ruthless and we have plans in place. just trying to get the job done every time. conor mcgregor‘s announcement that he's retired from mixed martial arts has been met with a degree of cynicism. he posted the news on social media early this morning. the irishman is 30 — and he'd established himself as one of mma's leading fighters, although his career has been marred by controversy, with an arrest and an order to have anger management help. but it's also not the first time he's annouced he's ret

sri lanka could only manage 108—6 in their innings, with two wickets for katherine brunt and one forcoring with 37. victory in the final match on thursday would give them a record 10th win in a row. the interim ceo of the rfu nigel melville has given his opinion for the first time on the controversial nations championship in rugby union. he says the idea is good, but that he has "huge concerns" the world rugby proposal of an international league would dramatically change the structure of the game — and introduce promotion and relegation to the six nations. i think it is something that is really interesting that you can marry up the global season, but it all together, south and north, and we have been trying for a number of yea rs. we have we have been trying for a number of years. we have got as close as we have got for a long time. it is very exciting. we have to consider all the options. you say we are split as the options. you say we are split as the six nations, we certainly are not, we are united in our concerns, we are concerned about what happens on the lines to, the regulatio

sri lanka could only manage 108—6 in their innings, with two wickets for katherine brunt and one forrget in 1a overs, danielle wyatt top—scoring with 37. victory in the final match on thursday would give them a record tenth win in a row. the interim ceo of the rfu nigel melville has given his opinion for the first time on the controversial nations championship in rugby union. he says the idea is good, but he has "huge concerns" — the world rugby proposal of an internatioanl league would dramatically change the structure of the game — and introduce promotion and relegation to the six nations. i think it is something that is really interesting that you could marry up the global season and pull it all together north and south and we have been trying for a number of yea rs, we have been trying for a number of years , we we have been trying for a number of yea rs, we have we have been trying for a number of years, we have got as close as we got for a long time so it is quite exciting. we have to consider all of the options and we say we are split as the six nations, we are not. we are uni

sri lanka could only manage 108—6 in their innings, with two wickets for katherine brunt and one forovers, danielle wyatt top—scoring with 37. victory in the final match on thursday would give them a record 10th win in a row. the man who stabbed tennis champion petra kvitova in her home in the czech republic has been sentenced to eight years in jail. just a warning, there's some flash photography coming up. radim zondra went to her house in december 2016 and attacked the former wimbledon champion. she suffered severe wounds to her left hand — her tennis—playing hand. she returned to the sport five months later, and is currently competing at the miami open. kyle edumund is currently playing his last 16 game in miami. he's taking on the defending champion, the 610" american john isner. edmund forced him all the way to a tie—breaker in the first, before losing that 7—5. into the second, on serve, 5—5. conor mcgregor‘s announcement that he's retired from mixed martial arts has been met with a degree of cynicism. the irishman established himself as one of mma's leading fighters, although

katherine brunt starring with the ball we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30.rney general geoffrey cox qc says that it is in the public interest to bring the charges against the far right activist — whose real name is stephen yaxley—lennon. last year robinson was jailed for making video recordings outside court that revealed the identities of defendants. that conviction was subsequently quashed by the court of appeal. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani is here. what more can you tell us? well, i think quite a few people may remember stephen yaxley—lennon, who used the name tommy robinson from his days when he was running the english defence league, a street movement campaigning against what can be described as radical islam. he moved away from that movement and set himself up effectively as an internet campaigner, commentator, and has a large following over the last few years online. hundreds of people will turn out to his events. last may, he was doing a live broadcast outside leeds crown court in which he was allegedly involved ina in which he wa

two wickets for katherine brunt and one for heather knight.egor has announced his retirement from the sport. he posted the news on social media this morning. he is 30 years old and had established himself as one of the world's leading fighters, but his career was marred by controversy with an arrest and plans to get anger management help. it is not the first time he has announced he will be retiring. that is all the sport for now. more from me at around 1:30pm. let's get more now on that news that uefa is to launch an investigation after montenegrin fans racially abused england's players during their european championship qualifying match last night. the racist chanting was directed at several players, during england's 5—1victory. manager gareth southgate said he was disgusted. it is unacceptable. i have spoken to our players individually. we have got to support them. we will report it but i think that reporting is already in place because so many people in other areas of the ground have heard it. i believe the uefa delegate also heard it. so