sport chief executive liz nicholl has warned there is ‘no excuse' forfailures to look after athlete welfarer not there was a culture of bullying, favouritism and sexism within the organisation. nicholl has also revealed that they were never given the full details of a 2012 internal review into the sport that may have highlighted some of the current issues being investigated. we were given to believe that actually, we had a very light touch version of it fed to us at uk sport, so we version of it fed to us at uk sport, so we had no indication of the significance of that report. it has only now come to light through a very well—managed independent review led by anne—marie phelps. the six nations returns this weekend with the third round of matches. england have received a boost with the news mako vunipola is available for selection for their match with italy at twickenham. the saracens prop has yet to feature this year due to injury. the loosehead prop is short of match fitness and is therefore likely to start on the bench for the match. joe marler is set to continue in the front row. he has

uk sport chief executive liz nicholl has warned there is ‘no excuse' forfailures to look after athleteestigating whether or not there was a culture of bullying, favouritism and sexism within the organisation. nicholl has also revealed that they were never given the full details of a 2012 internal review into the sport that may have highlighted some of the current issues being investigated. there are cultural challenges within sport and how we focused enough on that element of programmes where we can support the development of positive cultures to further enhance oui’ positive cultures to further enhance our medal successes. we always look for lessons. because the unique responsibility is to take the lessons and spreads across the rest of the sporting system. if you're looking for lessons to be learned why did you not take an interest in the report conducted post 2012 into the report conducted post 2012 into the culture of british cycling. we did not receive the king report. but you knew about it, everyone knew it was being done. we were given to believe that we had a very light touch v

here is what liz nicholl, the chief executive of uk sport, told me earlier today.by and other sports — have medal potential, but it's not strong enough for it to be higher in the meritocratic table, and we've just run out of resources to be able to reach that far. are you notjust too ruthless, too obsessed with medals? we're very focused on an outcome, which is delivering more medals and more medallists to make the nation proud. the approach that we take has worked, and it will continue to work. uk sport are investing hundreds of millions of pounds into both 0lympic and paralympic sports in this next four—year cycle, building up to tokyo in 2020. they have been credited with transforming britain into a powerhouse nation in their game, that there is more controversy than ever before when it comes to giving up that money. thank you. scientists in boston have found a solution to the age—old question — how do you get every last drop of ketchup out of the bottle? their discovery should be welcomed by consumers and reduce waste, as our science correspondent, pallab ghosh

uk sport chief executive liz nicholl has warned there is "no excuse" forfailures to look after athletenvestigating whether or not there was a culture of bullying, favouritism and sexism within the organisation. nicholl has also revealed that they were never given the full details of a 2012 internal review into the sport that may have highlighted some of the current issues being investigated. we were given to believe that actually, we had a very light touch version of it. so we had no indication of the significance of that report. it has only now come to light through a very well—managed cycling independent review. the six nations returns this weekend with the third round of matches. england have received a boost with the news mako vunipola is available for selection for their match with italy at twickenham. the saracens prop has yet to feature this year, due to injury. the loosehead prop is short of match fitness and is therefore likely to start on the bench for the match. joe marler is set to continue in the front row. johnny sexton and rob kearney are set to play in ireland's six nat

the chief executive of uk sport, liz nicholl, says sports can have no excuses for the failure to lookmight have highlighted some of the current issues being investigated. it is no excuse for not actually addressing duty of care responsibilities to athletes, no excuse to not putting them first, they are the greatest assets, the ones that will deliver the medals. every programme should be trying to ensure they have happy and successful athletes. there probably has not been enough attention given in sport, if i am honest, about how they do things. there is a lot of focus on operational delivery, probably not enough on leadership, management and communication. the chief executive of the rna, martin slumbers, says they are considering awarding the prize money at the open in golf in dollars rather than pounds after the weakening of the pound following the brexit vote and other circumstances. since that, the open prize fund has fallen significantly behind the us 0pen. henrik stenson won over £1 million last year, but the prize money has decreased in dollars over the past two championships. i

uk sport chief executive liz nicholl has warned there is "no excuse" forfailures to look after athletere never given the full details of a 2012 internal review into the sport that may have highlighted some of the current issues being investigated. we were given to believe that actually we had a very light touch version of it fed to us at uk sport. so we had no indication of the significance of that report. it is only now come to light through a very well managed cycling independent review that‘s been led by annamarie phelps. cheltenham gold cup favourite thistlecrack has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a slight tendon tear. his trainer colin tizzard said the injury was discovered this morning when he was scanned. he‘d won his first four races over fences including a three—length victory over cue card in the king george vi chase on boxing day. it means he‘ll miss the cheltenham festival next month. that‘s all sport for now. john watson will have more for you in the next hour. jj, thank you very much. thank you. the american department for homeland security issued guidance

uk sport's chief executive, liz nichols, said sport can have no excuses for any failure in looking after they were never given the full details of a 2012 internal review into cycling that might have highlighted some of the current issues being investigated. it is no excuse for not actually addressing their responsibilities to athletes. there is no excuse for not putting athletes first. they are the ones that will deliver medals. every programme should be trying to make sure that they have happy athletes, successful athletes, and they're probably hasn't been enough attention given in sport to how they do things. there's a lot of focus on operational delivery, probably not enough on leadership, management and communication. the chief executive of the rma says they are considering awarding prize money at this year ‘s open in dollars because of the falling value of the pound. the open prize fund has fallen significantly behind the us. henrik stenson one over £1 million last season but in prize money has decreased. it is very important for our game, it is very important for golf in the uk tha