financial stability of clubs as plans are considered for a new look championship in 2025, while the rfuthriving and sustainable second professional tier". we've got a series of undecided issues around players either on minimum standard, governance, commercial, none of these things have been worked out. so how are you supposed to sign up for something when you haven't even got all the details? and on the funding is 50% lower than six years ago. it's not a recipe for bringing people on board. i remind everyone that there was a i was a member ten years in among the council now. they exist for us, not the other way around. the rfq is the guardian of the whole game. and it's their responsibility to help the game grow on all levels. —— rfe you. you're watching sportsday. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. brisbane heat have secured a home quarterfinal in the big bash league with sam billings helping them to a 23 run win over the perth scorchers for whom laurie evans' half century was in vain in a match between the top two in the table. steve smith

due to the rfu's rules about fielding overseas players.ub captain has been with them for 15 years but there had been widespread speculation about his future in the premiership, since the former england captain announced in november he was taking a break from the international game, to prioritise his mental wellbeing. the french club announced the news on social media. farrelljoins on a two—year deal starting this summer. having made more than 200 appearances for saracens in all competitions, winning six premiership titles and three european champions cups. each individual is very different and what they decide to do with their careers and theirfamilies is right for their families is right for them. theirfamilies is right for them. the rules are clear, if you choose not to play in england you will not be able to represent your country and that for me is a choice of those guys have made and they are very clear about that. ultimately, they are entitled to choose how they career goes. we now go to india for the cricket. it we now go to india f

the rfu is ready to coincide with this historic confrontation between spartak and cska. theme: lionel messi was recognized as the best player of the past year according to fifa. the argentine made the symbolic team of the year for a record seventeenth time. norwegian forwards were also in the running for the award. as a result, 3:1 in games in favor of khachanov. karen's opponent in the next round of the competition will be us representative alexander kovacevich. mira andreeva also reached the second round of the australian open, the russian woman beat the us representative bernarda peru in two sets. in in the second round, the russian will play the sixth racket of the world, “he is a gill from tunisia.” jaber has already stated that she is a big fan of andreeva’s game. it's really a great honor to play against her, i'm a big fan of hers, i like her behavior on court. this will be an amazing match for us. the continental hockey league hosted two regular season matches. lada defeated borys 3:0, and cska lost the second match in a row, losing to the car on the road. the ar

the rfu have been very clear about that for a long time.es of talents across the channel but none as big a name as farrell. english rugby's brilliant, constant will be, for the foreseeable future, absent. patrick gearey, bbc news. now, would you eat snow? the actress reese witherspoon likes hers dressed with coffee, caramel and chocolate sauce. but her chococino has got her into hot water. noor nanji reports. ok, so we had a tonne of snow over the past few days. we decided to make a recipe... snow, syrup and cold brew coffee, or as reese witherspoon put it... a snow salt chococino. she said it was delicious... the internet was divided. "don't eat it if it's yellow", warned one. another said they'd been eating snowy ice cream for 60 years and they're fine. witherspoon has defended her icy recipe. you only live once and it snows maybe once a year here. i don't know. medics say... snow that falls from the sky is often formed around little particles in the sky, which can be pollutants and microorganisms such as bacteria. and if you were to inge

twenty-one-year-old striker of the capital's club became the winner of the annual first five award, presented by the rfuand the children's. in 2023, in 30 matches in the rpl, tyukavin scored 12 goals and made five assists in the current championship; he is in second place in the list with eight goals scored. scorers. at the beginning of december, the footballer signed a new long-term contract with the club. the agreement runs until the summer of 2028 . now ex-krasnodar football player ilzad akhmetov will continue his career at zenit. the russian national team midfielder, who turned 26 on december 31, used the option in the current contract and terminated the contract, which was valid until the end of the current season. the agreement with zenit is for 2 and a half years and can be extended. as part of krasnodar, akhmetov played 61 matches, in which he scored seven times and the same number once helped make it a partner. meanwhile , lokomotiv continues to strengthen with players from the soviet wings. following sergei penyaev and maxim glushenkov, nikita soltykov joined the railway staff. true, until the

it means while he plays in france, farrell won't be able to play for england due to the rfu's rules aboutielding overseas players. the saracens club captain has been with them for 15 years — there'd been widespread speculation about his future in the premiership, since the former england captain announced in november he was taking a breakfrom the international game, to prioritise his mental wellbeing. the french club announced the news on social media. farrelljoins on a two—year deal starting this summer having made more than 200 appearances for saracens in all competitions, winning six premiership titles and three european champions cups. there was plenty of drama on day nine of the australian open. sixth seed alexander zverev had to win a fifth set tie—break in his match against britain's cameron norrie to make the quarter—finals. the german will face number two seed carlos alcaraz who lost just eight games as he beat miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i'

it means while he plays in france, farrell won't be able to play for england due to the rfu's rules aboutnce the former england captain announced in november he was taking a breakfrom the international game, to prioritise his mental wellbeing. the french club announced the news on social media. farrelljoins on a two—year deal starting this summer having made more than 200 appearances for saracens in all competitions, winning six premiership titles and three european champions cups.

twenty-one-year-old striker of the capital club became the winner of the annual top five award, presented by the rfu and the children's football league. in 2023, tyukavin scored 12 goals and made five assists in 30 matches in the rpl. in the current championship with eight goals scored, he is in second place in the list of scorers. at the beginning of december , the footballer signed a new long-term contract with the club. the agreement runs until the summer of 2028. now ex- krasnodar football player ilzad akhmetov will continue his career at zenit; the russian national team midfielder, who turned 26 on december 31, used the option in the current contract and terminated the contract, which was valid until the end of the current season. the agreement with zenit is for 2 and a half years and can be extended. as part of krasnodar, akhmetov spent 61 matches, in which he scored seven times himself, and helped his partner to do so the same number of times. meanwhile, lokomotiv continues to strengthen its wing players. will continue to play for the samara club on loan. by the way, in the last russian cup,

twenty-one-year-old striker of the capital club became the winner of the annual first five award, presented by the rfuthe children's football league. in 2023, tyukavin scored 12 goals and made five assists in 30 matches in the rpl . in the current championship, with eight goals scored, he is in second place in the list of scorers. at the beginning of december , the footballer signed a new long-term contract with the club. the agreement runs until the summer of 2028. now ex- krasnodar football player ilzad akhmetov will continue his career at zenit. midfielder of the russian national team, who on december 31, he turned 26 years old, exercised the option in the current contract and terminated the contract, which was valid until the end of the current season. the agreement with zenit is for 2 and a half years and maybe . as part of krasnodar, akhmetov played 61 matches, in which he scored seven times himself and helped to do so as a partner the same number of times. meanwhile, lokomotiv continues to strengthen with players from the soviet wings. following sergei penyaev and maxim glushenkov, nikita solty

it means while he plays in france, farrell won't be able to play for england due to the rfu's rules about. farrelljoins on a two—year deal starting this summer having made more than 200 appearances for saracens in all competitions, winning six premiership titles and three european champions cups. farrell's replacement as england captain, jamie george, says the rules about playing in france are clear. each individual is very different, what they decide to do for themselves and their careers and their families themselves and their careers and theirfamilies is, you know, whatever is right for them. the rules are very clear. if you choose to not play in england then you won't be able to represent your country, that for me is a choice that those guys have made and they are very clear about that. you can never hold it against someone for making that decision because ultimately, you know, they are very entitled to choose how they are career goes. brighton have leapfrogged manchester united into seventh in the premier leagueafter being held to a goalless draw by wolves. they could only manage sev

it is rfu outside the look ahead. >> baseline budget and schedule action we'll present to the board also shifted. as adam our executive director pointed out example to receive news from january and possible low february on our admittance to the phase of the grant program. once fta completes the rating, we go in a 30-day blackout period. that adds a month when the work is done to when we are notified. we expect to complete our baseline work after we receive news offent row to engineer and with the w ip nt and the presentation of the efc proceeding your action it is shifted the base line out to april. subject to the board approval today on our mou, or extending it with the agency per ins we flon have a successor to the board in may for your consideration. this is the fshgs mou that -- the develops in -- and -- identifies government structure for the next phase of our project. and in june we plan to present the agreement for the work at fourth and king rail yard to facilitate that ritransit connection to the portal. and service in the downtown san francisco that concludes those items we exp

the rfu have been very clear about that for a long time.ce of his wheelchair singles title with a straight sets win againstjapan's takashi sanada. 0vernight, coco gauff reached the semi—finals in the women's draw, beating marta kostyuk of ukraine in three sets. she'll face the winner of the match between aryna sabalenka and barbora krejcikova. now we've seen some upsets in the fa cup. tonight there's a chance championship side middlesbrough could spring one themselves by knocking premier league side chelsea out of the league cup semi finals to reach the final next month. they hold a one goal advantage heading into their semi final second leg, and could reach their first major cup final since 2006. big night. we're obviously right in the game. so there's a lot of excitement and dreaming going down there. so it's a fitting way, in terms of us to repay them for all the effort and time and money they've spent over this competition, all them away games. so, yeah, we'll be doing everything we can to make it last a little bit longer. will the fans