so it's gold for lizzy yarnold.ded her title and become the most decorated british winter olympian in history. she was joined on the podium by team—mate laura dees. the pair rounding off the most successful day their nation has ever seen at a winter games. as yarnold jumped into the crowd to join the celebrations, how did she feel? exhausted! now a back—to—back champion, the 29—year—old couldn't hide her delight. i'm just so relieved that i've done the race, been consistent and laura and i are on the podium together. for her parents, judith and clive, another moment to savour. from the mixed season she's had to win the gold medal here today and we have a bronze medal as well through laura, is absolutely mind—boggling. the success story was started by the youngest member of team gb, 19—year—old izzy atkin saving her best until last to take bronze in the slopestyle and become britain's first official olympic skiing medallist. great britain's izzy atkin takes a bronze. i'm still kind of speechless. ican't... i'm really

no—one told lizzy yarnold, though. lizzy yarnold, what a performance!st british athlete to successfully defend her olympic title. she went into her final run behind the reader. she needed rperfection, she got it. a new track record to put yarnold outfront. but in this sport, nothing's sealed until the close. the austrian had a chance to win it. yarnold wins gold again! is it more relief than enjoyment? exhaustion, really! after the first run, i almost pulled out of the contest because my chest infection was so uncomfortable and i couldn't breathe. my physio kept talking to me and said, you can do it, you can do it. if it wasn't for my team, i wouldn't be here. i'm so grateful to all of them. and great britain had more medal joy, laura deas taking bronze. they're getting used to dominance in this sport, in women's skeleton, it is now gb gold three games in a row. in the hours after her win, lizzy yarnold posted on social media ‘i won the olympics, again' #historymaker. very humble! there's been fantastic british support at the sliding centre and afterwar

this could be at least a silver for lizzy yarnold! gold for lizzy yarnold and bronze for laura deas taken in the women's skeleton, as britain equals its winter games record, to the delight of yarnold's parents. she has done it! it is mind blowing. she said that she would come and do this for our country and she has. it hasn't sunk in, at all! earlier izzy atkin won bronze in the women's ski slopestyle, a first—ever medal for britain on skis. theresa may warns the eu not to put lives at risk by refusing to cooperate on security after brexit. houses in wales sheik as an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude hits the percentages to north of swansea. ukip members are to decide on whether to back or sack henry bolton as party leader. also in the next hour... president trump meets survivors of wednesday's high school shooting in florida. the president declined to answer a reporter's question on gun control. also, south africa after president zuma — just one of the topics under discussion in dateline london with carrie gracie, in half an hour, here on

no—one told lizzy yarnold, though. lizzy yarnold, what a performance!e reader. she needed reflection, she got its. a new track record to yarnold outfront. dim and the sports, nothing's sealed until the sports, nothing's sealed until the close. the austrian had a chance to win it. yarnold wins gold again! is it more relief than enjoyment? exhaustion, really! after the first run, i almost pulled out of the contest run, i almost pulled out of the co ntest a nd run, i almost pulled out of the contest and because my chest infection was so uncomfortable and i couldn't breathe. my physio gave it talking to nsaids, you can do it, you can do it. ever wasn't for my coach, i wouldn't be a. i'm going due to the grateful to my team. and great britain has more medaljoy laura deas taking bronze. they're getting used to dominance in this sport, in women's skeleton, it is 110w sport, in women's skeleton, it is now gb gold three games in a row. weeks and months on snow and ice can come down tojust weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instance, weeks

lizzy yarnold, what a performance!tle! and four laura deas. .. you cannot blame them for being euphoric after the disappointment for elise christie and charlotte gilmartin this morning. great news, first of all that laura dees has the bronze and second that lizzy yarnold has bronze, and becomes the first british athlete to successfully defend her medal at the subsequent winter olympic games. she won it in sochi in 2014 and she wins again now in south korea in 2018. what a remarkable run, even after that little apparent bump earlier on in the course of this, we heard lizzie completing apparently the course of this, we heard lizzie com pleti ng a ppa re ntly effortlessly, although this has been described as the thing he did as a kid when you jump the thing he did as a kid when you jump ona the thing he did as a kid when you jump on a tea tray that you stole from your mum and dad and went down the slopes on the field out the back if you were lucky enough, as i was, to live out in the country. and boy, is that an understat

lizzie repeated four years later in sochl lizzie repeated four years later in sochi.lympians to defend their title and win a second gold medal. i don't think andy has been —— you has beenin don't think andy has been —— you has been in the programme for 16 years and succeeded me as performance director, would have dreamt we would win half the medals on offer at these games. it truly is something very special. a huge achievement for the athletes, the coaches and all the athletes, the coaches and all the support staff. as don parsons took enough —— took a medal on thursday, let's not forget him. what makes a great skeleton athlete? the formula is quite simple. they need to bea formula is quite simple. they need to be a really good athlete, fast sprinter, and you thought laura and lizzie beat two of the fastest starters in the race. it starts fast but you have to be calm and cool on the slides, make small adjustments and steers. good hand eye coordination, really good feel for the slide on the ice. the different pressures in the corner, it's quite sensitive piece of equip

lizzy, double 0lympic winning's skeleton. lizzy, double olympic champion.o be an 0lympian. not necessarily to win but to go and call myself an 0lympian. to do what we did in sochi to retain the title for gb was phenomenal. it's been a hard four years, loads of ups and downs. i'm pinching myself that i managed to put it together yesterday. that final run was so together yesterday. that final run was so clean, so calm. what were your thoughts at the top of the run, knowing that if you went quickly a double gold medal would be yours?|j knew double gold medal would be yours?” knew that i had to be quick and make a marker ahead of janine knew that i had to be quick and make a marker ahead ofjanine flock. i guess i was thinking becalmed, enjoy it, but keep aerodynamic form and do my best. i made a few hits, i made m ista kes my best. i made a few hits, i made mistakes but i never gave up. i never took my eyes off the finish line, and potentially winning. that janine flock, that run for her was such a roller—coaster for all of tea m such a roller—coaster for all o

lizzie produced in the event where she needed to., she can share the medal with everyone at home and it is a medal for the country, notjust her. two proud parents, your daughter has made history and quite rightly you should be very proud. a day where british olympic competitors and fans will never forget. it is one to make history and it has done. it could get even better. we have about one week of competition left. three medals in the winter competition left. three medals in the winter olympics today, four now in total. the most successful single day in british olympic history. lizzy yarnold, the gold medallist, and the most decorated british winter 0lympian of all time. and the most decorated british winter olympian of all time. david 0rnstein in pyeongchang, thank you. ukip members are meeting in birmingham this afternoon to vote on whether henry bolton should stay on as party leader. mr bolton refused to resign last month after losing a no—confidence vote from the party's ruling body. he has refused to stand down. our corresponde

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes.eadlines 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 harm

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, the headlines tonight.n. 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 celebratio

lizzy yarnold with gold again, waving the union flag, a great moment.int. we got four medals in 48 hours. i watch what they do and it's absolutely terrifying. how quickly can you throw yourself down a chute of ice? it's a real success story, she is the first brit to have defended her title in two olympics in a row. are you a fan of the winter olympics? it's exciting, it's just terrifying. you watch with your heart in your mouth. are you watching it? i am. you need a moment like this to get people interested. you don't want to see brits losing. there was another sad except for elise christie. it wasn't all good news. once you see it's not just the germans and the dutch who are going to win everything, you get involved. we are just behind belarus in the medals table. the winter olympics are not our strongest sporting event, we are good at cycling, running, those sort of things. the thing everyone says about the summer olympics is we are good at the sitting down sports. rowing, horse riding, cycling and now this as well. and running with mo farah. she's us

so it's gold for lizzy yarnold.ended her title and become the most decorated british winter 0lympian in history. she was joined on the podium by team—mate laura deas. the pair rounding off the most successful day their nation has ever seen at a winter games. as yarnold jumped into the crowd to join the celebrations, how did she feel? i feel exhausted! now a back—to—back champion, the 29—year—old couldn't hide her delight. i'm just so relieved that i've done the race, i've been consistent, and laura and i are on the podium together. for her parents, judith and clive, another moment to savour. from the mixed season that she's had, to come and win a gold medal here today — and we have a bronze medal as well through laura — is just absolutely mind—boggling. the success story was started by the youngest member of team gb, 19—year—old izzy atkin, saving her best until last to take bronze in the slopestyle and become britain's first official 0lympic skiing medallist. great britain's izzy atkin takes a bronze! a super satur

commentator: lizzy yarnold next. record investment at £28 million of lottery funding from uk sport brought five medals, including lizzy yarnold's memorable gold. i wondered what her legacy could be. there are many escalators in britain, but no skeleton courses to slide down. we are not a snow nation, we're not an ice nation. so the inspirational message i take to schools is that i grew up in kent and i loved sport and ijust wanted to be an olympian. but i ended up going, doing my best, and coming home with a gold medal. and i was a normal kid from kent. commentator: absolutely stratospheric. the fact remains, if you want to excel in winter sports, you have to travel abroad. there are some olympic sports which are far easier to play in every town and city in great britain. like this one. british basketball has even been discussed in the house of commons recently. it has mass participation amongst young people but isn't considered likely to win olympic medals, and so doesn't get uk sport funding. we are in danger of lo

in the independent, golden glory for lizzy yarnold.first uk athlete to successfully defend a title at the winter olympics. athlete to successfully defend a title at the winter olympicslj should title at the winter olympics.” should imagine if the so... do we go into the weather forecast after this? no, we don't. the film review. if there is a snow there will be djs playing out of cupboards with children wanting to try this in the snow “— children wanting to try this in the snow —— tea trays. children wanting to try this in the snow -- tea trays. i might have a go at the luge, you can go feet first. how do you begin to start practising that? you can't go slowly to see if you like it. you could not even go down the stairs on a tea tray. anyway, good for her. she is an absolute hero. that is a super photo. thank you both. that's it for the papers tonight. thank you, nigel and jo. next on bbc news — the film review. hello and a warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. go

this could be at least a silver for lizzy yarnold!games record, to the delight of yarnold's parents. she has done it! it is mind blowing. she said that she would come and do this for our country and she has. it hasn't sunk in, at all! earlier izzy atkin won bronze in the women's ski slopestyle, a first—ever medal for britain on skis. theresa may warns the eu not to put lives at risk by refusing to cooperate on security after brexit. houses in wales sheik as an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude hits the percentages to north of swansea.

if you compare egypt and to lizzie, you can compare the western response to both countries.fully. it struggled much more forcefully. it struggled much more economically. it has been supported by the imf. but the conditions imposed by the imf on the loa ns conditions imposed by the imf on the loans have resulted in austerity which has resulted in widespread drug which has resulted in widespread d rug test which has resulted in widespread drug test and violence. the western —— widespread protests. the western response is different in egypt. i don't think obama was effective in his strategy at trump is perhaps making it worse. abandoning us policy towards promoting human rights. the egyptian leader has used the war on terrorfor as rights. the egyptian leader has used the war on terror for as excuse for his crackdown. and you have western leaders either saying nothing in the face of this, or present trump calling him a fantastic guy. what about other countries like lebanon and iraq, which are democracies and arguably have a stronger democracy? we have to make crucial elections,

lizzy yarnold, what a performance!” think that was a chair that went flying.alongsidejothackson and amy williams, struggling to contain their excitement as austria's janine flock slipped into fourth place, sealing those medal places for lizzy yarnold and laura deas. as you are saying earlier, they were effectively celebrating the demise ofa effectively celebrating the demise of a non— british competitor. that is fine! john hynes is one of our best commentator and is probably known to our horseracing commentator and is brilliant and can put his hand to anything. that was almost a sport in itself, dancing around the commentary box. that's terrific. i cannot see that enough! and coming up later, we'll be speaking to all three medal winners. kat downes will be live in pyeongchang with izzy atkin just after half past seven, and with lizzy yarnold and laura deas at around half past eight. to stay with us for all of that, and we are keeping an eye on the women's curling. will let you know what is happening a bit later. it is 7:11 p.m.. good morning. —— am. tuition fe

lizzy yarnold was presented with her gold medal earlier this morning.ion, won the event in thrilling style yesterday. the back—to—back olympic champion was joined by british team mate laura deas on the podium. laura took bronze. the british pair were part of what was britain's most successful ever day in a winter games. british short—track speed skater elise christie is in a race to be fit for tuesday's 1,000 metres. she suffered soft tissue damage from her fall in saturday's1500m short—track skating semifinal. christie was taken to hospital after colliding with china's li jinyu as she tried to finish in the top two and reach the final. as for today's action, britain's women's curling team lost their latest match in controversial fashion. gb lost 8—6 to sweden after a decisive 11th end. gb skip eve muirhead was ajudged not to have let go of her final stone before the line, meaning the shot was void. that gave the swedes an easy final shot to secure an 8—6 victory. it leaves muirhead's rink with a record of won three, lost three, with switzerland, japan

this could be at least a silver for lizzy yarnold!aura deas taken in the women's skeleton, as britain equals its winter games record, to the delight of yarnold's parents. she has done it! it is mind blowing. she has done it! it is mind blowing. she said that she would come and do this for our country and she has. it hasn't sunk in, at all! earlier izzy atkin won bronze in the women's ski slopestyle, a first ever medal for britain on skis. theresa may warns the eu not to put lives at risk by refusing to cooperate on security after brexit. ukip members are to decide on whether to back or sack henry bolton as party leader.

lizzy yarnold both have a chance. lizzy yarnold is the defending champion.atch laura deas and lizzy yarnold just after, switch over to bbc one, that be happening in the next two or minutes. also available via the bbc sport website and throughout the morning on bbc television is coverage of the men's latest round robin match in the curling. they are on a third and at the moment, with britain leading the european champions, sweden. plenty of time still left on that one. the men have suffered one defeat, but have won twice. after finishing an impressive seventh in his first event. cross country skier andrew musgrave suffered a little more in the 15 kilometres freestyle. he had an outside chance of a medal... but came in 28th. more than two minutes behind the winner dario cologna of switzerland who made history by claiming the title three games in a row. meanwhile pita taufatofua the tongan who's known for his bare—chested flag carrying in the last two olympics succeeded in his task of putting on clothes and then avoiding last place in the same event. he's onlyj

hughes, thanks very much. here's lizzie greenwood hughes, good evening. here's lizzie greenwood hughesnce 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 cardiff, laidlaw punished french m ista kes cardiff, laidlaw punished french mistakes at murrayfield to revi

hughes, thanks very much, clive. here's lizzie greenwood hughes, good evening. here's lizzie greenwoodbeat 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 them in cardiff, laidlaw punished french mistakes at murrayfield to revive their campaign, scotland pr

lizzie eaton. >> don't forget the cnn town hall, 9:00 p.m.ight here on cnn. ♪ ♪ show me the olympic winter games ♪ ♪ like i've never seen before. ♪ ♪ xfinity x1, yeah, i always know the scor♪. ♪ triple corks in 4k... lookin' so sick. ♪ ♪ stream live on every screen, every win, every trick. ♪ ♪ 2000 hours of coverage, get your mind blown. ♪ 50 olympic channels, yup, you're in the zone. ♪ ♪ and if there's something that you want to see, ♪ pick up that voice remote and just say "show me..." ♪ experience nbcuniversal's coverage of the olympic winter games like never before with xfinity. proud partner of team usa. >>> all right. this just in. prs has finally made a statement about the passing of billy graham, but only after a statement about russia asking why his justice department is not investigating the obama white house. abby phillip for us outside the white house with the very latest. abby. >> reporter: good morning, john. a familiar tweet from the president, going after his very own attorney general in this tweet this morning. he seemed to b

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this could be at least a silver medalfor this could be at least a silver medal for lizzy yarnold, sheto the front! lizzy yarnold becomes the first british winter athlete to defend an olympic title after winning gold in the women's skeleton. successful day in winter olympic history. look what she has done! she said that she would come and do this for oui’ that she would come and do this for our country and she has. it hasn't sunk in, at all! earlier izzy atkin won bronze in the women's ski slopestyle, a first ever medal for britain on skis. members of ukip have voted overwhelmingly to sack their leader, henry bolton, after less than six months in the job. the party now faces its fourth leadership election in less than 18 months. survivors of a school shooting in florida have taken part in a rally demanding tighter gun controls. protesters in fort lauderdale held placards reading, ‘enough is enough!‘ and chanted "no more guns!" 17 people died in the attack on wednesday. we need to pay attention to the fact that this isn'tjust a mental health issue. he wouldn't have harmed that many stud

and coming up in the sport on bbc news: defending champion lizzie yarnold defends a slender lead in theond run of the women's skeleton in pyeongchang. welcome to the bbc news at one. president trump with later today visit the scene of the florida high school shooting, which left 17 people dead. police say the shooter has confessed. the fbi has admitted it received a tip—off about nikolas cruz last year. social media accounts show the 19—year—old posing with guns and knives. thousands of people attended a candlelit vigil in florida. they came to mourn the lives lost and the live scarred by this senseless attack. neighbours, friends and the students of stoneman douglas high comforted one another as best they could. jet was among the students who ran in the panic once the first shots were fired. he doesn't know if he can handle returning to the halls where his classmates‘ lives were cut short. i don't know if i'll be able to just cope with walking through the bottom floor of the freshman building, knowing that everything has been cleaned up. you can almost imagine just blood on the walls,

in the us, lizzie had a stroke two years ago.or several weeks. lizzie is testing out wearable sensors that might speed her recovery. they send information wirelessly to the medical team. she's a doctor and she can see how it would help her. this technology, to be able to put sensors on the body and really assess what muscle groups are working or not can really pinpoint the areas affected by the stroke and target therapies to specifically improve those issues. the doctors here can continuously monitor lizzie wherever she goes using these devices. they can follow her muscle activity, her heart rate, even her speech. may i please have two tacos? sure. the idea is they can closely track whether she is showing signs of improvement. do we see that they're walking more at home or do we see that they're engaging in conversations? those are the types of things i can get feedback from the sensors where currently i only have their report. the challenge for the scientist was to pack a lot of electronics into a small, flexible material. it's

lizzy yarnold as 0lympic gold medal of the games. lizzy yarnold as olympic champion!ever really thought about but actually means so much, because the flag represents the whole team and we as a team represent everyone in great britain who have watched us, who have supported us and for our pa rents to have supported us and for our parents to watch us on the tv screen, my parents watching at home _by screen, my parents watching at home —— by grandparents, that is the moment when they say great britain and yourskin moment when they say great britain and your skin tingles and the emotions begin. whilst the games don't officially start until tomorrow, there was the first sporting action today, including an 0lympic debut for mixed curling. but elsewhere, there is already controversy elsewhere, there is already co ntrove rsy over elsewhere, there is already controversy over russia. yet more of their athletes could be allowed to compete as neutrals, despite their country being banned as doping and some believe russia are yet to learn their lesson. i think it would be very good

lizzy yarnold receiving her skeleton gold medal.it was a big goal four years ago to try and be the first british winter 0lympian to retain my title. it was scary to say it, but now it's rolling off the tongue a bit more. i'm just so proud that it all came together. and with team—mate laura deas collecting her bronze, a picture—perfect podium for british sport. andy swiss, bbc news, pyeongchang. now, champions exeter chiefs have faced their third straight premiership defeat after a 13—7 sting from wasps. a marcus watson try and two jimmy gopperth penalties sealed wasps‘ narrow win. third—placed wasps move to within four points of second—placed exeter. in the pro 14, benneton rugby were 18—15 winners over dragons at rodney parade. benneton came from 10—0 down on the way to victory — with two second—half penalties from benetton fly—half marty banks the difference between the sides. dragons are still without a victory in the pro“; since september. england have missed out on a place in the final of the t20 tri—series despite beating host

and who would write off lizzy yarnold? the first british athlete to defend a winter olympic title. herform athlete to defend a winter olympic title. her form has athlete to defend a winter olympic title. herform has not been great of late but she traditionally raises her game for the big occasion. of late but she traditionally raises her game for the big occasionm has been an up and down world cup season this year. it is a lesson i think i needed to respect sport and respect the day of competition that anything can happen but mainly to understand that i do know what i am doing andi understand that i do know what i am doing and i need to trust myself a lot more when i am going down the track and slide more intuitively. i have learnt a lot and i think i am ina good have learnt a lot and i think i am in a good place. as you have been hearing, with more prospects of medals than at any point in history, there is every chance that it could be record—breaking four team gb. so exciting and it is all on the bbc. let's so exciting a

lizzy yarnold won it four yea rs history. lizzy yarnold won it four years ago in sochi.the competition. but the start of this particular track seems to favour british competitors. she proved once again her real quality. leading after the first run but not by much. 81 hundredths of a second. remember the fine margins. she lost time. third overall. i am athlete that loves to compete in these big events when everybody is bringing their best. i think i am still well in the mix. so yes, that is the big goal, which is frightening to say sometimes but to be the first british woman olympian to retain my title. it has not been easy. it has been hard but i hope i can do it for everyone here who has supported me. a lot of competition including from her patriot laura dees, the other britain in the event. she improved, second run. but she satjust one place behind lizzy yarnold in fourth overall. the decision between three and four will be tomorrow lunchtime. second defeat of the curling competition for the men. they were trailing sweden with one to go, 8—6. they could not in the end

lizzy yarnold, you came back early with your gold medals from the skeleton.verybody else ?|j skeleton. why are you sure you home before everybody else? i had to come home early because of my chest infection. i needed to arrest. now i'm here ready to work on the team. what is that moment like, you've done it before, of course, when you come back here and are greeted by friends and family at the airport? it's completely overwhelming. you don't realise how much the nation are supporting you until you walk in here, and people are asking me for photographs and telling me they've watched the event and were screaming at the tv which means everything to us. what about broadly reflecting now on the success of the team and how they have done? now on the success of the team and how they have done ?|j now on the success of the team and how they have done? i think how they have done); f? ' equite "” their dreams, just be so proud of should just be so proud of themselves because this moment, going to the winter olympics is a dream people of held close to them for maybe eig

great britain have had their best winter games with five medals, including lizzy yarnold's gold.investing more in winter sports, the chair of uk sport think this performance represents good investment. there is an amazing reaction from people who see the olympic games. whether they love sport don't normally follow it, for the two weeks of the winter olympics, the summer weeks of the winter olympics, the summer olympics in the is what, people get engaged. when you tried to put a number on the values we see, it is so much more compensated than that middle class that many millions or otherwise. the money you are seeing is buying into a huge systems sport throughout the country and there are huge benefits from that. ben stokes was "delighted to be back," according to captain eoin morgan — alhtough his first england match for five months ended in a three—wicket defeat by new zealand in hamilton. england made 284—8 in the first one—day international with stokes adding just 12 with the bat. he was more helpful with the ball, though, and tried to inspire an england fightback, taking two

the love of the country the lizzy yarnold.n team gb's chosen by team—mates. she won team gb‘s only gold medal in russia four yea rs gb‘s only gold medal in russia four years ago. a night out at wembley but the fa cup dream is overfor a night out at wembley but the fa cup dream is over for wembley. they play rochdale in the next round. england's cricketers have suffered another defeat at the hands of australia — this time in the t20 tri series in hobart. they lost by five wickets in the opening match of the series. british sprinter nigel levine has been provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test. the european indoor gold medallist hasn't competed since fracturing his pelvis in a motorcyle accident over a year ago. he's tested positive for the banned asthma drug clenbuterol. both laura and jason kenny will make their british team comebacks at the track cycling world championships in the netherlands later this month — just six months after the birth of their son albie, and despite jason briefly retiring from the sport. i wi

good evening, it's the official start of the winter olympics in south korea tomorrow, lizzie yarnold will carry the flag for the british team at the opening ceremony in pyeongchang but another medal hopeful katie ormerod won't be there after a terrible 2a hours in which she broke two bones in training accidents... first a broken wrist but the 20—year—old said that wouldn't stop her, but another fall today saw her olympics come to an end even before her first competition, from her hospital bed she confirmed that she was out and needed surgery/this time to a badly broken heel. mike hay, team gb chef de mission said: "we are deeply sorry for katie and her fellow snowboarders who have lost a valued member of their close—knit team she's had been targeting two medals in pyeongchang in the big air, an event making its debut and also in the slopestyle. she won medals in both disciplines last year and her potential had definitely been factored into team gb‘s minimum medal target of five it's been an injury—hit career so far, she has snapped her anterior cruciate knee ligament, damaged the men

better news for lizzie yarnold, such a gold medallist.sport and respect the day of competition, that anything can happen. mainly to understand that i know what i'm doing and! understand that i know what i'm doing and i need to trust myself more, and slide more intuitively. i have learned and i think i am in a good place. after their heavy defeat to wales on the opening weekend of the six nations, scotland have made six changes to their line—up for sunday's game against france at murrayfield. principal amongs them is the return of former captain greig laidlaw. he's recalled at scrum—half in place of ali price. the experienced sean maitland and ryan wilson also return. jonathan joseph will start for england in their game against wales at twickenham. he comes in at outside centre, with ben te'o dropping to the bench. and danny care replaces the injured ben youngs at scrum half. the tottenham head coach mauricio pochettino has called on the football association to asess the the state of rochdale's pitch ahead of their tie their in the 5th rou

lizzy yarnold went to meet them at heathrow airport yesterday.has not committed as to whether she will go for a hat—trick of gold medals. they're back and among those touching down was big air bronze medalist billy morgan, who said the waiting media made him nervous. skeleton gold medallist lizzy yarnold returned last week but joined her fellow 0lympians at heathrow. she told the cameras she's taking a break before deciding if she'll go for a hat trick of golds. it's hard to predict what i'm going to feel like in a year orfour years' time. it's taken so much hard work to even get to this point, i've done the sport now for nine years. and it's really tough, actually, it's a lot of grind. so at the moment, i'm just having a break, showing people the medal and celebrating that. and i really willjust see how i feel later on. scotland could be without a key man as they look to follow up that huge six nations win over england. ryan wilson's tournament could be over if he's found guilty of making contact with the eye of an opponent. the incident happene