now, with all the sport, here's lizzie greenwood hughes, at the bbc sport centre. here's lizzie greenwoodnwood hughes, good evening. here's lizzie greenwood hughes, scotland staged an impressive fightback to beat france for their first victory of this year's rugby union six nations championship. year's rugby union they won 32 points to 26 in a tight game at murrayfield asjohn watson reports. in a tight game at murrayfield murrayfield roused for the first time in this year's six nations. france the first to find their flow, teddy thomas quietening the scottish faithful but endearing himself to his teammates. if much was expected before defeat to wales, much was now demanded, sean maitland answering the call. having found his stride, thomas collected his kick. greig laidlaw didn't. thomas collected his kick. a response again was needed. thomas collected his kick. hquones found it, and a hole in the french defence. tries were the tale of the first half, points from penalties the story in the second. half, points from penalties greig laidlaw nerveless, edging scotland in front. if errors cost

now, with all the sport, here's lizzie greenwood hughes, at the bbc sport centre. here's lizzie greenwoodlizzie greenwood hughes, good evening. here's lizzie greenwood hughes, scotland fought back to beat france for their first win in this year's rugby union 6 nations championship. for their first win in this year's they won 32 points to 26 in a tight game at murrayfield asjohn watson reports. in a tight game at murrayfield murrayfield in a tight game at murrayfield roused for the first time in murrayfield roused for the first time in this year's 6 nations. france was the first to find their flow. thommo questioning the scottish faithful. this much was expected before defeat to wales, much was demanded. shauna maitland answering the call. having found his stride, thommo collected his kick, laidlaw did not. a response again was needed, huw jones laidlaw did not. a response again was needed, hquones bandit and a hole in the french defence. tries the tale of the first half, pal —— points from penalties in the second. greg laidlaw nervous edging scotland in front. if errors cost them in cardi

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. adlines tonight: lizzie yarnold flies the flag for team gb in pyeongchang, hoping to become the first briton to win back to back winter olympic titles. he's at it again: eddiejones stirs things up ahead of england v wales on week two of the six nations. and northern ireland manager michael o'neill signs the longest and most lucractive contract in the irish fa's history. hello and good evening. let's start in south korea where the winter olympics are officially under way after a glittering opening ceremony. in a mark of unity, north and south korean athletes entered the stadium as one team — while lizzy yarnold led the british team hoping for their most successful winter games in history. the bbc‘s sports correspondent andy swiss is in pyeongchang. music. opening ceremonies are always a spectacle, but few have seemed quite so significant. on a freezing night although not as cold as it has been, pyeongchang welcomed the world. the theme of the ceremony was a relevant one. peace and harmo

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, the headlines tonight. . eddiejones stirs things up ahead of england v wales on week two of the six nations. and northern ireland manager michael o'neill signs the longest and most lucractive contract in the irish fa's history. hello and good evening. let's start in south korea where the winter olympics are officially under way after a glittering opening ceremony. in a mark of unity, north and south korean athletes entered the stadium as one team — while lizzy yarnold led the british team hoping for their most successful winter games in history. the bbc‘s sports correspondent andy swiss is in pyeongchang. music opening ceremonies are always a spectacle, but few have seemed quite so spectacle, but few have seemed quite so significant. on a freezing night although not as cold as it has been, pyeongchang welcome to the world. the theme of the ceremony was a releva nt the theme of the ceremony was a relevant one. peace and harmony seen through the eyes of five children exploring a winter landscape. a celebration

let's get the sports news with lizzie greenwood hughes.for the sport in pyeongchang. yes, the legendary downhill skier lindsay vaughan admitted this might be her last games. she took gold in vancouver eight years ago but her career has been plagued with injury and she says it is the memory of her late grandfather whose birsa on —— lindsey vonn. it is good because it is not about me or my career, it is about my grandfather. i will lay it out there. i will give it everything i have. and whatever happens will happen. i am not going to be nervous. i know he's looking out for me andi nervous. i know he's looking out for me and i think that actually gives me and i think that actually gives mea me and i think that actually gives me a lot of peace of mind. i always feel privileged to be able to compete in the olympics and just as in 2002i compete in the olympics and just as in 2002 i was soaking in every moment because it was my first time andi moment because it was my first time and i could not believe i was there, i had worked my whole life for

hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, hugh woozencroft, and lizzie greenwood hughes.ines this evening. hoping to erase the painful memories of four years ago, elise christie puts in a world class performance to make the 500 metres short track quarter finals at the winter olympics. a game of fine margins going on at twickenham, we will have the latest as england host wales in the six nations championship. unstoppable ireland run away with victory against italy, good evening. welcome to sportsday — plenty on the way but we'll start in south korea where day 2 of the winter olympics has provided who put on a stellar show to reach the quarter final 324,7zzg;mar:rzfifi 1.1575}. . 7 . ”7” but actually it was fine. but then i was so excited and i'mjust glad i got to race in front of everyone again. although british hopes in the snowboarding came crashing down. jamie nicholls and team mate billy morgan both tumbling out of the slopestyle event. the women's cross country skiing meanwhile produced the first gold medallist of the games, victory for charlotte kalla from sweden. a f

with all the action from the winter olympics and the rest of a busy day of sport, let‘sjoin lizzie greenwood hughes table after a big win over italy. but england‘s hopes of the grand slam are still alive — they won a tense and gritty match against wales 12—6 at twickenham. our correspondent joe wilson reports. if you come to twickenham, you want a good view. can you see them? wales arrived wearing tracksuits and headphones, blocking out the background noise. rhys patchell had his bottle questioned by england. we will get the cameras ready. two minutes played, high ball, patchell underneath it, didn‘t make it. the loose ball was in the hands of eoin farrell, who knew exactly where he was kicking it, right into the path ofjohnny may, who did the rest. commentator: jonny may is going to win the race! may‘s second try soon followed, but watch joe launchbury, two welsh players on top of him, still slipped the ball to his team—mate. inside pass, a second try forjonny may! so how could wales respond? patchell put through a clever kick and confusion followed. the tv officialjudging if the welsh hand with t

hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, hugh woozencroft, and lizzie greenwood hughes.ines this evening. jonny may is the hero for england as they keep up their perfect start in they keep up their perfect start in the six nations with victory over wales. unstoppable ireland run away with victory against italy with jacob stockdale scoring two of their eight tries. hoping to erase the painful memories of four years ago, elise christie puts in a world class performance to make the 500 metres short track quarter finals at the winter olympics. and a full round up of the day ‘s football as it is goal scoring ioi from harry kane as he teaches arsenal a lesson, spurs winning the north london derby. and australia demolish england to reach the final of the world twenty20 tri— series down under. good evening, we begin with a big weekend of six nations rugby union we re weekend of six nations rugby union were england battled to a hard fought victory over wales. a game of few clear opportunities, johnny may helping england to the win, 12—6. this report from twickenham. in its own wa

let's join lizzie greenwood sport going on at the olympics. let'sjoin lizzie greenwood hughes.etween four and ten. lizzy yarnold flew the flag at the opening ceremony. she is hoping to become the first briton to successfully defend an olympic title but she has had a poor season. the team have lost snowboarder katie 0rmerod who potentially could have won two medals. she fractured her heel in training. but this is britain's biggest ever winter olympic team with 59 athletes in pyeongchang. the target is five and the middle range is four to ten so we have a lot of potential across different sports. she was one of our great medal contenders which is white as a loss for many reasons that she is not with us. but we still believe the rest of the team can perform. it is weak two of the six nations this weekend and a huge match at twickenham tomorrow between england and wales. eddie jones twickenham tomorrow between england and wales. eddiejones is back to his old tricks trying to get into the heads of the welsh setup questioning whether ries patch or has the bottle for the match. earlie

with all the action from the winter olympics and the rest of a busy day of sport let's join lizzie greenwood hughes of the six nations. england against wales, it's england 12— wales three just before half—time. earlier ireland moved up one gearfrom last half—time. earlier ireland moved up one gear from last week ‘s narrow win over france by thumping italy 56-19. win over france by thumping italy 56—19. jacob stockdale scored two of their tries in dublin as ireland topped the table. eight tries at the stoop where england's teenager helped the defending champions demolish wales 52—0. scotland play france later. harry kane scored the only goal at wembley as tottenham beat arsenal in the north london derby. they say there is no place like home and after moving into wembley at the beginning of the season, tottenham seemed to have the place where they like it, unbeaten at the national stadium since october last year. time now to invite the neighbours around. in front of a record—breaking crowd, the first 45 minutes were as dismal as the weather. harry kane with the only chance before the break. but just

it was lizzie greenwood—hughes a short—term ago but now hugh is in the seat. good afternoon.n the premier league werejose mourinho said newcastle's players fought like animals to hold off pressure and hold on to 1—0 win over his players at st james's park. report... a feeling that doesn't come very often. newcastle united have only beaten manchester united at home three times in the last yea rs. at home three times in the last years. they may be short on resources but rafa benitez‘s side are big on effort. as i have things to come from jonjo shelvey, against the team second in the premier league. at the other end... showing he was able to equal anything david do he was capable of and he was not only saving grace for newcastle. florian lejeune kept things all square here. even if it wasn't to be jose mourinho's day a point would have done for the geordie nation battling to stay in the premier league, but when you have the chance, why not take it, and matt ritchie certainly dead. there to see his first goal of the season was an important one. united usually manage as score—mac