time to turn our attention to the weekend's international rugby union and go inside 6 nations with olly fostersuit of that trophy that goes to the best team in the northern hemisphere. we are going to be in position with the latest interviews and news to set you up for a championship weekend. welcome to the first inside six nations of 2017. good evening. we are live at twickenham tonight on the eve of the championship. remember, england won the grand slam last year, their first in 13 years. they did it in paris. tomorrow afternoon they face the french here at twickenham. once again england looks like the team to beat. what an incredible 2016 they had ex—commissioner unbeatable they were. it all started with eddie jones in the six nations. the preamble is over. the six nations championship is about to begin. all the way! what a try! wonderful skill. a great finish. what a try it was! one end of the pitch to the other. he gets the touchdown. 0h, was! one end of the pitch to the other. he gets the touchdown. oh, my word! what a game! defence and attack, a fantastic game of rugby. he goes inside.

hello, and welcome to sportsday with me, olly foster, and tim hague. good evening to you. headlines this evening: the six nations starts with a magical murrayfield afternoon for scotland beating one of the tournament favourites, ireland. england have started the defence of their title — they are playing france at twickenham. chelsea are 12 points clear at the top after beating arsenal at stamford bridge. also coming up in the programme... great britain's davis cup tie against canada has resumed with the doubles. it's i rubber all in ottawa. and bees stop play in the third one—dayer between south africa and sri lanka. good evening. so many goals to tell you about in the premier legaue today, but we're going to start with the tries and kicks in the the six nations. the championship is underway, and the first match was a classic at murrayfield, with scotland and ireland sharing six tries. but it was the boot of the scots captain greig laidlaw that made the difference. his two late penalties gave the home side a 27—22 win. it's the first time since 2006 that scotland have won

well more sport from ollie foster. beat that. you have the super bowl, we have proper foot.we have proper foot. cameroon have you have the super bowl, we have properfoot. cameroon have beaten. elneny scored earlier. there were two matches in the english premier league, with wins for the two manchester clubs. manchester city's teenage striker gabrieljesus made his full home debut and scored twice inclduing the injury time winner against swansea. 2—1 the final score as they move up to third in the table, a point behind spurs, ten points behind chelsea. a point behind spurs, ten points behind chelsea. translation: i'm not 100%. honestly it was my first time outside brazil. i thought it was going to be more difficult, not only the football but also for the weather, for the culture for the city itself but thanks to my family, of course, thanks to my family, of course, thanks to my team—mates and the club for the welcoming, it's been really easy for me and that's why i got in there too can quick. manchester united swept aside the champions leicester city 3—0 at the king poweer sta

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre.orts that appealed against their funding cuts to uk sport have been unsuccessful. archery, weightlifting, wheelchair rugby, fencing and badminton had their appeals rejected. badminton received almost £6 million in the last olympic cycle and actually achieved their medal target at the rio games. they say they are staggered by the decision. a little earlier i spoke to the olympic silver medallist and former world champion gail emms. we are absolutely devastated and i just feel for the badminton players out there, the youngsters that were really pinning their hopes on this news. i just really really pinning their hopes on this news. ijust really feel for them right now. five sports leading up to tokyo have had theirfunding com pletely tokyo have had theirfunding completely ta ken away. tokyo have had theirfunding completely taken away. badminton we re very completely taken away. badminton were very confident they could overturn that decision but uk sport says that there was nothing compel

sport now, here‘s olly foster...ith a whimper. they lost the t20 series 2—1 after an incredible collapse in bangalore. chasing 203 they lost by 75 runs. .tim hague reports test series lost, one—day series loss, surely not any more, but from deciding to bold, they had a big breakthrough, they kohli went walkies and paid the price, but while that silence them, it was only for a moment. they brought back of the noise. we would not be seen that ball again. he reached a half century along with ms dhoni. it meant england had to find 203 for victory and that would help reverse sweep for six, the modern game gone mad and while there were more maximums, when they both out, england unravels and the bowler that got them both, got six in total. the tourists losing eight wickets for eight runs. no wonder when is a match with statistics like that, test series, one—day series, t20 series gone. time to come home. manchester united tonight face hull for the third time in a little over three weeks .. hull are propping up the premier l

time for the sport with olly foster. we will start with a bit of cricket.on the toss in bangalore and put the hosts in to bat. indian skipper virat kohli was run out early, but suresh raina and ms dhoni did most of the damage for india, both of them getting half centuries. and in comparison yuvraj singh only scored 27, the problem for england was that 24 of them came in a single over! it left that pretty hefty target of 203, but jason roy got stuck into it quickly — how about that shot for six. how about that shot for six? he was caught out on 32 in the end, after giving the tourists a decent platform in their chase. joe root and eoin morgan built on it too, both of them going really well until they were out in the same over, a couple of minutes ago. england are 119—5 after 15 overs. it isa it is a long shot for them to actually save that now. the funeral of former england manager graham taylor has taken place in watford, where he had his greatest success at club level. taylor died of a suspected heart attack last month at the age of 72. azi farni reports.

now let's join now let'sjoin ollie now let's join ollie foster for the sport.for sutton united in the fa cup last night. the gunners did window. 2—0. peres with a fortuitous first. and theo walcott scored his 100th goal for the club in the second half. 105 places separate the two sides. arsenalface places separate the two sides. arsenal face lincoln city in the quarterfinals. for sutton united, it is back to their relegation battle in the national league. but they have made £1 million after their cup run. 20 years ago in division five they we re 20 years ago in division five they were not as fit as they are today. they did not drop physically at all. they did not drop physically at all. they remained absolutely focused, organised, a huge desire in their game andi organised, a huge desire in their game and i would say if we were not mentally prepared, we might have not gone through today. sutton united's reserve goalkeeper was caught on camera eating a pie in the dugout towards the end of the match. it soon emerged it was actually a publicity stunt for a betting

hello, and welcome to sportsday with me, olly foster, and tim hague. a very good evening to you.es this evening: it's a six nations scare for the champions, but england steal a win against the french at twickenham. six tries are shared at murrayfield, but there are rare opening day celebrations for scotland as they beat ireland. there's still clear blue sky at the top of the premier league — chelsea remain nine points clear after beating arsenal. also coming up in the programme: great britain's davis cup tie against canada has resumed with the doubles — it's one rubber all in ottawa, but great britain are a set up in this one. and bees stop play in the third one—day match between south africa and sri lanka. good evening. details of 28 premier league goals coming up, but the six nations chamionship is underway, and the champions made a very shaky start to the defence of their title at twickenham. a bit of a hairy one. england completed the grand slam in paris last year, but the french have made life very difficult for eddie jones' men. the visitors led late on but england's replac