why this late passion for rugby? i don't know. it'sjust late passion for rugby? i don't know.ng that happened. i played gaelic football for years beforehand. my boss kept asking me. he was a coach down in city of derry. he asked me down in city of derry. he asked me down so i went down. this is coming into my eighth season. i am captain this year. i decided i'm going to retire. then i got a call to ask whether i could do front row cover for ulster so myself and my sister went up and we just got on and got on the team and was there for ulster. and just very quickly, how does it feel to be playing top rugby at 47? how many years have you got left? not many! i enjoyed every minute of it. i loved every bit of it. i learned so much and it was a great experience. it is something i can ta ke experience. it is something i can take back to the city of derry so it was great. an inspiration, michelle. thank you very much forjoining it albeit briefly. what a story! 47 and you start playing football at that level, having only started playing the game at a0 years of age. there are no excuse

rugby union news, john mitchell is going to be eddiejones's new defence coach with the england team.ad three years as forwards coach for sir clive woodward, between 1997 and 2000 but he has had the top job with the all blacks and the usa and had experience of english club rugby with sale and wasps. 0ur rugby union reporter is chrisjones, his hand was forced here by paul gustard's departure to quins, is mitchell a good fit. england are on a dreadful run, could a defence coach i don't know if it's a good fit. we will have to wait and see, it's certainly a different fit. paul had done wonders at club level so it was a natural step when eddiejones came calling in 2015, 2016, butjohn mitchell, for his wealth of experience, usa, england's the all blacks, the biggestjob in world by, blacks, the biggestjob in world rugby, loads of club and provincial jobs but he's never coached defensively before. he's never been a defensive specialist. add to that his record over the last few years, it's certainly a chequered one. he's got all this experience and is bound to bring a lot to the table, on the

the whole of rugby wanted to share murrayfield with football.they were disappointed that... ina in a place where hearts have been broken and memories have been made, the scottish football is staying. hampton roars again. mason mount scored the winner for england's under 21s on his debut, as they beat latvia in european championship qualifying. mount is on loan at derby from chelsea, they came from a goal down to win 2—1. scotland are away to the netherlands — and it's goalless. and northern ireland are up 2—0 against spain. and wales are at home to portugal at bangor university stadium. it's one — izzy wrote to the portuguese with just five minutes to go before half time. also coming up in the programme. maradona is back in the game, he won the world cup in mexico, but what can he do with a second division side there that hasn't won a match all season? now to some major news in formula one. the former world champion kimi raikkonen is leaving ferrari at the end of the season and returning to sauber on a two—year deal — the team where he started h

rugby players at next year's world cup will have to cover up their tattoos to avoid offending fans inime syndicates, and people are expected to wear vests when using gyms or pools. body art is particularly popular with pacific islanders, while new zealand have already said the all blacks will comply with the rules. in the nfl, the new yorkjets and the cleveland browns, it is currently scoreless with for a half minutes remaining in the opening quarter. that is also now. —— that is all for now. hello again. friday is set to be cooler and fresher, with sunshine and blustery showers. before then, storm bronagh has really been packing a punch across england and wales. a good couple of inches of rain in places, producing some flooding and particularly squally winds of 60mph or so. very squally winds on that cold front as it moves away from the south—east. the centre of the storm is out into the north sea. still some very windy conditions early in the morning across the coasts of north—east england. the rain pushes away and then we're left with this north—westerly wind, meaning sunshine and

there was more rugby in for a returning star as well.k without parallel, setting up full—back without parallel, setting up tries and scoring one of his own. that is now five bonus point win for saracens in a row. the champions will take some stopping. in the pro 1a, ospreys are second in conference a, after a 22 points to 8 victory at zebre in northern italy. luke morgan with the only try of what was a fairly scrappy game. all the other ospreys points came from the boot of welsh international sam davies. there are another two matches under way — leinster leading connacht 20—3 and scarlets with a 14—0 lead against southern kings — and there are two more games later. south africa have kept up the pressure on new zealand at the top of the rugby championship by beating australia by 23 points to 12 in port elizabeth. the all blacks who are still top of the table take on argentina this evening. the super 8s in the rugby league now and the challenge cup winners catalans, and huddersfield are both unable to finish in the top four so that one for

rugby union premier fifteens. that beginning of the new women's rugby union premierfifteens. that is all sports day at 6:30. now it is time for the film review. well, to the film review. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. we have american animals which is stranger than fiction true story. we have the none, and an frightening frightener. and we have puzzled, which is a romance set against the backdrop of competitive jigsaw puzzling. american animals. that seems like a peculiar conceit as well. trying to steal some books from a library? based on a true story of this university heist from kentucky in 2004, a group of hapless young men decided they were going to steal these rare books from the university library. and the film basically centres on the central introverted character, spencer, and warren. who is described as being the spice, the present who brings the element of chaos. we see these youngsters, who are basically dissolute and they feel that their lives are not going anywhere. t

we should get decent rugby union. to lead at the break. the line to seal a bonus point for wasps. it's their first win at sale for eight years. bristol won at home to harlequins. to an end in south africa. beaten 38—28 by southern kings. from rudi van rooyen. glasgow scored four of their own in the second half. 0nly enough for a losing bonus point, though. both have about ten minutes to go. you can see the screen. my eyes are are not good enough. are not good enough. two matches kicking off in two hours. kicking off in two hours. i would take this next time that! for the third time this season. this one in the rugby league's super 8s. by 3a points to 1a. the sides will meet again in the semi—finals a week on thursday. where super league survival and promotion are at stake. in toulouse at the moment. time for the arrows. the pdc champions league of darts is taking place in brighton. the world's top 8 players split into 2 groups. and final on sunday evening. going this afternoon. first to ten legs, he saw off rob cross

our rugby union reporter chris jones has more. absolutely, it is going to be tempting.king at the best part of potentially £20 million going into the cough of every club and for organisations that are losing money every year, that will be highly tempting and it could revolutionise the infrastructure at a premiership club. but while the clubs are losing money, the overall brand value of premiership rugby, the umbrella organisation is going up. so central reve nu es organisation is going up. so central revenues have been increasing and the 8% share each club owns in premiership rugby, that share is becoming more valuable by the season. becoming more valuable by the season. so yes, they are losing money, but on the other hand they might think 200 75ml for 50% is an good enough value. they might hold out for a higher offer or a different kind of investment. i wouldn't be surprised if they accepted the offer but it would be the end of the matter if they do reject it. i'll have more for you in the next hour. russia is beginning what it says is the largest military exercise in

staying with rugby union.es in the process. there were also wins for saracens & gloucester—hartpuny england's netball team recorded their biggest ever win over new zealand in the quad series this morning. they beat new zeala 52—39 winners. —— new zealand. englamd play australia and south africa over the next week. in the evian championship, the final major of 2018, england's georgia hall tied for fourth on 9 under. the us's amy 0lson shot a bogey—free 65, finishing 1a under to take a two stroke lead into the final round. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in the davis cup afterjamie murray and dom inglot beat denis istomin and sanjar fayziev in four sets. britain and uzbekistan were tied at one—all as they went in to the doubles but murray and inglot have given great britain the advantage in glasgow. if they win one of the singles fixtures tomorrow they will be seeded in february's preliminary world group round. it is t20 finals day. the blast final being played at edgbaston. the six sons are battling in thei

then he missed the tour to australia wanting to take some time out of rugby and now it seems that therld cup — not the best news for eddie jones? front row is a very technical role where you need understanding between the players and you do not want to be chopping and changing. he has said he is disappointed with the decision but understands. it adds to a wretched 2018 for eddiejones. there form has not been great. he's not been able to fill all the roles in his backroom team. some of his selections have been criticised. it only adds to the sense of uncertainty around the england side. ok, let's have a quick look at what else is making the sport's pages this evening. great britain have been awarded a wildcard for next year's revamped davis cup. great britain beat uzbekistan earlier this month to ensure they'd be seeded in qualifying for the new event but they'll now bypass that stage altogether thanks to their wildcard. all of scotland women's football squad will be able to train full—time for next year's world cup after a funding boost from the scottish government. around £80,000 of

it is a huge moment for rugby in the north—east.been a difficult year on and off the field. eddie jones has been a difficult year on and off the field. eddiejones has a few holes to fill in his backroom team. we are organised, we have improved the stuff, it has never been any different. we still have the defence and attack coach we have those guys in process and we can confirm them hopefully in the next couple of weeks. it is always an ongoing process looking how we can improve the star. 12 england players have beenin the star. 12 england players have been in the headlines for the wrong reasons. chris ashton copping a ban for a dangerous tackle and he will be out of action until the autumn series. danny cipriani, the star for england in their last victory against south africa in cape town? but that his brush with the law what has eddiejones said about the meet fly half? we felt it has been dealt with, it is a situation you would like to have a game. danny understands it and we are judging him by his rugby. did you roll your eyes a b

it's exactly one years of the day until the rugby world cup kicks off in japan. the tournaments organizing committee held an event in turkey on thursday to mark the three hundred sixty five day countdown it'll be the first rugby world cup held in asia and the first hosted by a nation outside rugby traditional top tier it all kicks off with hosts japan against russia on september twentieth twenty nineteen. we begin our final countdown with confidence but not complacency every second counts and i know that the passion of the people the dedication of the government the cities and the organizers we can and will deliver a very special and a game changing rugby world cup arigato but bad news for any players heading to the world cup with tattoos world rugby is asking to cover them up in japan so as not to offend the japanese locals who have long associated tattoos with than the tortillas you're koos a crime syndicates. now in sport they often seems to be one team or player with an unfair advantage and you might think that this is the epitome of that take a look at this

—— rugby team.fter they had been controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfu focused on sevens rugby. but now there will be 28 contracts available. the sport's govering body said it demontrated their commitment to growing the women's game and their ambition to be the world's number one team. some other sport to tell you about. two english players dominated major league soccer on sunday as dc united and new york red bulls drew 3—3. wayne rooney scored dc‘s second, which put them in front midway through the second half. but he was outshone by bradley wright—phillips, whose hat—trick was even more impressive. each time he scored he was equalised for the red bulls — the last coming in the 90th minute. zlatan ibrahimovic scored his 500th goal in la galaxy's match against toronto fc and it was an absolute cracker. hejoins lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo as the only active players to reach the half—century mark. and although his side lost, zlatan, being zlatan, he felt he gave both sets

sport is a very exciting business and rugby in particular is very interesting at the moment.portunities, constantly think about how we are developing and going forward. diego maradona has taken on his next challenge having won the world cup in mexico with argentina back in 1986. he's returned to the country as the new technical director of second division side dorados de sinaloa. not surprisingly, hundreds of fans turned out to welcome him. understated as ever. he has very limited success or experience of club coaching and he has a big job on his hands — dorados haven't won a game this season. manchester city manager pep guardiola actually ended his playing career there. they will hope some of his managerial magic will rub off on maradona and his team. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the sun's? deputy political editor, steve hawkes, and the political commentatorjane merrick. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads with a topic w

supers 8s is to be scrapped from rugby league.r where clubs voted in favour of the reintroduction of a "one up, one down" system which will we back in place from next season. 0ur rugby league correspondent dave woods explained to me earlier, what this means. what we will have from next season isa12 what we will have from next season is a 12 team super league from which only one team can be relegated at the end of the season. instead of the end of the season. instead of the top eight is playing off for the grand final, it will be the top five. it is simpler than it first appears. it gives weight to finishing first and second. you have a much better chance of making the grand final. that makes the regular season more relevant. grand final. that makes the regular season more relevant. 0ne grand final. that makes the regular season more relevant. one of the complaints super league clubs have had is that because of the super rate they have not been able to sell season—ticket packages because they did not know until the last minute what

peace and rugby league! thank you.stigating whether any rules were broken during everton‘s recruitment of manager marco silva. watford say everton made an illegal approach for him, while he was still in charge there last season, and that was the "catalyst" behind their decision to sack him injanuary. he was appointed by everton four months later. bbc sport understands an independent law firm has been asked to look into the matter and it's thought everton could face a significant fine or even a points deduction if they're found to have acted improperly. there are calls for surrey captain rory burns to be called into the england squad, after he led his side to a first county championship title for nearly two decades. burns finishes the season as top run—scorer, with more than a thousand to his name and many believe he's a natural successor to alastair cook. 100%. it shouldn't even be a discussion, i'll be honest. i know it is smith and james taylor who have got to pick the squad. but rory burns should be inked into that

in rugby league, london broncos have earned a place in next sunday's million pound game — so called because0 down to beat halifax 23—16 — and that left them fifth in the table. they'll take on the side that finishes fourth — either toronto or hull kr, for a place in the super league next season. in rugby union's proili, glasgow warriors returned to the top of conference a with victory over the dragons. and munster enjoyed a record—breaking win over ulster. they beat them by 64 points to seven — that's munster‘s highest score in the league, their biggest winning margin and their greatest try haul. it was also ulster‘s biggest defeat in pro“; history. and liam williams scored a hat—trick for the premiership leaders saracens, as their perfect start to the season continued — they scored eight tries to beat bath 50—27 to stay a point ahead of exeter, who also won yesterday. and the all blacks beat argentina overnight in buenos aires, to succesfully defend their rugby championship crown with a round to spare... argentina have never beaten new zealand before and that run never looked under too muc

world cup arigato but bad news for any players heading to the world cup with tattoos world rugby is asking to cover them up in japan so as not to offend the japanese locals who have long associated tattoos with than the tortillas you're koos a crime syndicates. now in sport they're often seems to be one team or play with an unfair advantage so you might think that this is the epitome of that take a look at this a race between a fighter jets private plane i mean literally a formula one car and the superbike the five competitors face still fed an airport runway in turkey and it was not the jet or the plane that crossed the line first instead the superbike took first place and that's all the sport for months from now we'll have another update for you again later on peter thank you very much and more sports on our website at al-jazeera dot com all the very latest on all of the top stories on there as well that's it for this news hour from me funny back to the whole team thank you for watching. my name is a place where this is called down home. spring you know me jewel once you know you

joe mahler says family comes first as he quits international rugby.cely, europe's rory mcilroy says tiger woods isn't the target man as he prepares for the ryder cup. chelsea are through to the fourth round of the carabao league cup. the blues came from a goal down to beat liverpool 2—1 at anfield as patrick geary reports. historically the managers of liverpool and chelsea have not a lwa ys liverpool and chelsea have not always been friendly, but the respect between these two is such that he is prepared to admit that liverpool are a step ahead of the side. yet they found themselves several strides behind... that finished them out of the habit. it can happen to anyone, same and in the second half, and chelsea accidentally set up daniel sturridge, who accidentally did that. but even the boss cringes, it's best to move on. a tougher chance for sturridge. a goal of belief and relief. liverpool heading for their seventh win in a row, but chelsea will be working up to something. this was ever since first goalfor the club, something. this was ever since firs

he will leave his executive of rugby role at the south african super rugby side, the bulls, tojoin theying his first tournament as golf‘s world number one. rose reached the top spot last week and goes into the pga's season ending tour championship on thursday knowing a win in atlanta would also give him a first fedex cup. there's obviously a perfect spot to be. i believe the last few guys to win have come in second, maybe so it is kind of a nice spot to be. we all know and talk about it all year long, being in this position, top five guys. you have to play well this week. 0bviously five guys. you have to play well this week. obviously we have jostled for position and the bonus when it trickles down into born to be as high as you can do to win the fedex cup is about being in the right spot to win this is kind of what everyone is trying to time their run for and absolutely the last couple of weeks i've done a greatjob of keeping me in opposition. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. the champions league is back. liverpool started well with a 3—2 win against psg,

the countdown is well and truly on to the start of the 2019 rugby world cup in japan.urnament kicks—off on the 20th of september, and the hosts have been getting in the spirit. it's the first time japan will stage the tournament, and they've celebrated by staging the world's largest scrum. 2,586 rugby players and fans gathered in tokyo to set a new world record. the previous best was 1,758 in new zealand. good luck trying to find the ball! you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport team, that is your monday sport briefing. it certainly is and we thank you for that. now, this isn't the usual thing you'd go searching for to buy online, but an australian couple managed to find exactly what they were looking for in the form of an old new zealand warship. for a few hundred thousand dollars, paul and wilma adams became the proud owners of the royal new zealand navy dive tender, manawanui. but this is no self indulgent impulse buy, there is a serious side to why they wanted to buy the ship

contracts were controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfu focused on 7s rugby.contracts available plus seven elite player agreements. the sport's governing body said it demonstrates their commitment to growing the women's game and their ambition to be the world's number one team. prior to this actual news being out there, a lot of players wanted professional contracts. it is a big thing for any player to have regardless of sport. you want to be able to be paid full—time for doing the sport you love. so i think for all the players involved in this, they will be absolutely over the moon to hear this is because this will change the focus for the lead up will change the focus for the lead up to the next world cup. and some sad news from the world of boxing. trainer enzo calzaghe has died at the age of 69. enzo calzaghe was the father of the former world boxing champion joe, and had guided his son to becoming a world champion in two different weight classes in an undefeated a6—fight career as a professional. he was self taught as a trainer and won the bbc‘s coach of

there's also been plenty of rugby union action this evening.om being ten points down at half time to win the west country derby against brisotl bears 35—13. —— bristol bears. the bears, who were promoted at the end of last season, led 13—3 at the break but gloucester scored five tries in the second half, two of them from charlie sharples. 0spreys' unbeaten start to the season in the pro!!! has come to a crushing end. they were beaten 49—13 by munster in limerick. 0spreys had won their opening two league matches but conceded seven tries to munster, including this one finished by wing darren sweetnam. meanwhile, edinburgh held on for their first win of the season at home to connacht. duhan van der merwe's first half try put them on their way to a 17—10 victory. football, and celtic remain second in the scottish premiership after a goalless d raw with st mirren tonight. they had to play much of the game with just ten men after 0livier ntcham was sent off for a second yellow in the first half. it was 0ran kearney‘s first game in charge of st mirren

exeter followed up their huge win over leicester on the opening weekend of rugby union's premiershiphey once again showed their attacking intent running in six tries in a 42 points to 31 win. 0ur rugby union correspondent chrisjones was watching. the exeter chiefs reach the final of the premiership three seasons in a row in the evidence of that is in rounds one and two but they will be in the mix come may. not many come here to win let alone score of 42 points in six tries. but they were a ruthless machine. two tries and out wide, man of the match henry slade also got to. and a dazzling opener. they made sure that wasps did not leave with a losing bonus point. they scored four tries to get something out of the match but their set piece great at crucial moments and the crowd were treated to a first side of the all blacks fly half but the england flanker went to hospital with a nasty looking facial injury. but the chiefs set an early pace in the gallagher premiership. danny cipriani's gloucester threw away a 21 nil lead to draw 31 all with bath in a thrilling west country derby at the

our rugby union reporter chrisjones was watching the match.mpant form, this always looked like being one—sided. bath rolled it out, staying in touch with three tries but saracens to strong with eight tries, second hat—trick this season for the williams. there was also a return to fitness which is great for england's international team. alex coote has been overlooked by eddiejones but he isa been overlooked by eddiejones but he is a full—back without parallel at class leg club level. scoring and setting up. five bonus points in a i’ow setting up. five bonus points in a row for saracens. they will take some stopping. exeter are still breathing down their necks, thanks to victory at home to worcester. also wins today for northampton and harlequins. in the pro 1a, ospreys are second in conference a, after a 22—8 victory at zebre in northern italy. luke morgan with the only try of what was a fairly scrappy game. all the other ospreys points came from the boot of welsh international sam davies. there are another two matches under way — leinster lead

today's rugby now.pening weekend of rugby union's premiership by beating wasps at the ricoh arena. the beaten finalists in last season's showpiece, they once again showed their attacking intent running in six tries in a 42 points to 31 win. our rugby union correspondent chrisjones was watching. the chiefs reached the final of three seasons in a row and the evidence in browns one and two. they will be in the mix again come may. they scored 42 points in six tries but they were a ruthless machine. sam simmonds scored two tries and out why to wear a man of the match henry slade also got to and santiago cordero scored a dazzling opener. the wasps did not leave with a losing bonus point. they play their pa rt losing bonus point. they play their part ina losing bonus point. they play their part in a great game and they scored four tries to get something out of the match but it creaked at crucial moments and while the crowd were treated to a site of all backs signer, shields went to a possible role with a nasty

he is the lead —— league'sjoint top sora rugby season.sora with exeter still top of the sale after beating newcastle 2a— 17. in the pro 1a, cardiff ran in four tries a bonus point victory as they beat munster 37-13. point victory as they beat munster 37- 13. a point victory as they beat munster 37— 13. a try from henry spate in the final passage of play saw also rescue a draw against the cheetahs at in bloemfontein. the thrilling match saw ten tries before it ended 39- 39. it match saw ten tries before it ended 39— 39. it leads ulster unbeaten after four 39— 39. it leads ulster unbeaten afterfour games. 39— 39. it leads ulster unbeaten after four games. castleford beat their local rivals wakefield a2— ten to set up a super league semi—final at wigan. greg egan was the man of the match after running in four tries, his third very much the pick of the bunch as he left wakefield's players standing, he scored 16 tries in his last seven games. and that is sport. a mixed picture on the way for this weekend. it looks at the weather will settle do

this one in the rugby league's super 8s. the sides will meet again in the semi—finals a week on thursday. arguably the most important games of the day are in the qualifiers, where super league survival and promotion are at stake. toronto wolfpack beat widnes vikings 20—12 to keep them in the hunt for one of the three automatic promotion spots, while widness drop out of super league for the first time in 7 years. elsewhere, salford were top of the table, but they lost 11—8 at london broncos. hull kr beaten 311—23 in toulouse. andy murray is going to play two tournaments in china over the next fortnight before bringing an early close to his season. now outside the top 300 in the world following hip surgery injanuary, and he says he needs a long period of training and reconditioning to get ready for next year. i decided, along with my team, that i need a long period of training and reconditioning to get myself in the best shape possible for the beginning of the 2019 season and getting myself back competing for the biggest tourn

danny cipriani is still the name and the face which sells rugby union.ham shop but he isn't in the squad at the moment, for playing reasons and not his behaviour. confirmed by eddiejones today. a year ahead of the world cup, cipriani — gone for good? do you think there is any chance danny cipriani will play in the world cup? 100%. great chance. i just spent five minutes discussing where he is, so he's got as much opportunity as any of the other players in the squad and outside the squad. for you to be happy, how many of the matches do england have to win? all of them? a couple of them? that is a great question if you are not a coach. the only game i worried about is south africa. one name to look out for is chris ashton. not played for england for four years, currently suspended, ashton. not played for england for fouryears, currently suspended, but he is in the england squad. why is that? simple, it comes down to the coachesjudgment. that? simple, it comes down to the coaches judgment. one way or another, for the weeks and the year ahead, so much depend

there‘s been a big development today for women‘s rugby in england, with the rfu re—introducing contracts renewed after the 2017 world cup, with the rfu choosing to spend their money on the sevens format of the game. that stance has now changed. i spoke to former international maggie alphonsi and asked her how this will change the women‘s game... the big change will bring to us is that it will rise the level of, the standards of english women‘s rugby. we have been waiting for this for quite awhile. prior to world cup in 2017, the rfu announced professional contracts. those were taken away and the investment was put into the domestic game. that was great because we have a bigger talent pool because we have a bigger talent pool. but now the focus really have to also be on the top end of the women‘s game. improving the england standard because we need to make sure that we are keeping in touch with new zealand women and the likes of the frenchwomen, scotland and so on. many other teams are investing into their international teams and england needs to make sure they are leading the way. do we

it's exactly one year to the day until the rugby world cup kicks off in japan. the tournaments organizing committee held an event in tokyo on thursday to mark the three hundred sixty five day countdown it'll be the first rugby world cup held in asia and the first hosted by a nation outside rugby's traditional top tier it all kicks off with hosts japan against russia on september twenty twenty nineteen. we begin our final countdown. we confidence but not complacency every second counts and i know that the passion of the people the dedication of the government the cities and the organizers we can and will deliver a very special and a game changing rugby world cup arigato last year's world series win is the euston astro's have had their charge to the playoffs stalled the last nine nothing to the seattle mariners on wednesday night not helped by a mis field at the plate by catcher martin mauldin ardo nor were they helped by this kyle seeger hit coming straight back at pitcher dallas keitel at one hundred sixty kilometers per hour great reactions to get his glove in

it is the direction we planned coming out of the 2017 rugby world cup.in sevens and also the commonwealth games. as visinia new competition in place to build our player pool to enable us to have a larger player pool. elite pool we could choose from the best players to ta ke could choose from the best players to take into the 20 to 20 21 world cup. we are going into contracts for the 15th game as well as the sevens. liverpool begin their champion's league campaign tomorrow night at home to paris st—germain. .. where they will face this man... neymar is just one of psg's riches in this team full of superstars — the brazilian is the world's most expensive player but he plays alongside the equally talented french teenager and world cup winner kylian mbappe up front. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says tomorrow's opponents have all the qualities needed to be the best side in europe. this team is built for winning the champions league. they won the championship in france anyway. and look so for quite easy for them because of the unbelievable quality they have.

he will leave his executive of rugby role at the south african super rugby side, the bulls, to join thening. if you arejust about to head off for bed, maybe wait a moment for this weather forecasts, because in some places this weather is looking pretty disruptive, perhaps even dangerous during the day tomorrow. the met office has issued an amber be prepared weather warning for the strength of the wind, especially across northern ireland and central and southern parts of scotland, and it is all because of storm ali. on the satellite picture, see this area of cloud and the way it has been developing. a bit more of a hawk, thatis developing. a bit more of a hawk, that is always a sign of a storm which means business. an area of low pressure is expected to deepen through the night. a lot of light lines at isobars showing up on the chart, turning very windy across northern ireland and scotland particular but blustery everywhere and we will see heavy rain spilling into northern ireland in south—west scotla nd into northern ireland in south—west scotland and into the central belt for tomorrow

new zealand take on south africa in the rugby championship on saturday looking to continue their dominance of the southern hemisphere sides australia are hosting argentina looking to build on their win against the springboks last week david potok missed the game with a neck injury but has been made captain for the game on the gold coast. while it will take a miracle for new zealand not to retain that title it was one of their defeats of australia that caused a serious injury with the captaincy coming immediately after he was finally cleared to play and weeks a long time rugby yeah it's as well it's one of those things we. talk about this morning and put a new plan in place and you know i don't think a huge amount changes as players this is guys coming in and all the tones are. you trying for that new you hope you're ready for the war of words has intensified ahead of saturday's world title fight in las vegas between undefeated middleweight champion canady glove can and cannot alvarez go off skins trainer has taken a job at canal calling him an insult to boxing this will be their second fig

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and weeks a long time in rugby. as well it's one of those things we. were told by this morning and put it put a new plan in place and. you know i don't think it changes as players this is coming in at all the times are. you trying for that. the war of words has intensified ahead of saturday's world title fights in las vegas between undefeated middleweight champion gennady glove can and cannot alvarez go off skins trainer has taken a job at canal calling him an insult to boxing this will be their second fight they battle out a draw one year ago the rematch was meant to happen in may but failed to drug tests blaming it on eating contaminated meat champion goal of can however doesn't leave his mexican rivals excuse and has accused him of cheating. now anyone taking on the new england patriots in the n.f.l. might hope to give themselves a psychological edge with a bit of trash talk but the jacksonville jaguars jaylen ramsey has taken it into new territory asked about his promise to dominate the patriots rob graham koski on sunday he said not even his own g

weeks a long time in rugby yeah. it's one of those things we. talk about this morning and put it put a new plan in place and you know i don't think huge minute changes as players this is coming in and all the times are. you trying for that and you know you hope you're ready. the war of words has intensified ahead of saturday's world title fight in las vegas between undefeated middleweight champion cannot eagle love can and cannot go alvarez gloves constrain has taken a job at canelo calling him an insult to boxing this will be their second fight they battled out of draw one year ago the rematch was meant to happen in may but canelo failed to drug tests blaming it on eating contaminated meat champion go of can however doesn't believe his mexican rivals excuse has accused him of cheating while u.k. boxing writer david anderson says goal of ken was unlucky not to be awarded the decision in the first contest. i thought can actually an o.e. fail it's war so the lottery rights fight and that may be a worry for him on the for this time around that he m

in rugby league, super eight st helens beat warrington for the third time this season, winning 34—14, chance to do it again in the semifinals a week on thursday. meanwhile, the question of who will win a place in the super league next season by the qualifiers are still wide open after yesterday's results. toronto beat widnes to stay within a chance with london broncos beating salford and hull kr losing to toulouse, it will all come down to the final round matches. matt davis has one briton's first silverjudo medal for nine yea rs, first silverjudo medal for nine years, the best result of her career and she was inspired to compete after peeing in volunteer at london 2012. for the first time in the 214 year history of the gold cup, there was a dead heat, the racecourse judge could not split the 5—1 favourite and the 28th outsider, cameron noble, not even by a nose. billy monger, the real racing driver who lost both legs in a crash at donington last year returned to the same track yesterday and was ecstatic to claim pole position for the first of the week and's formula 3 races. he finish

and weeks a long time in rugby yeah it's it's one of those things we've been betrayed by this morning and put it put a new plan in place and you know i think a huge minute changes as players this is coming in and all the terms are. you trying for that and you know you hope you're ready for the war of words has intensified ahead of saturday's world title fight in las vegas between undefeated middleweight champion gennady glove ken and canelo alvarez goal of constraint has taken a job at canelo calling him an insult to boxing this will be their second fight they battled out a draw one year ago the rematch was meant to happen in may but canelo failed to drug tests blaming it on eating contaminated meat champion glove can however doesn't believe his mexican rivals excuse and has accused him of cheating. stupid you are going to fight to remember. he he did some things that were insulting insulting not only. to the sport to the fans. we feel that now that level is going to be. what is allowed him to make excuses that he made. u.k. boxing writer david anderson says goal of ken was unlucky no

what the eu has not worked out is that there is a combined irish rugby team and a combined irish rugby not divided as you are. —— hockey team. they could say you are not divided as you are. -- hockey team. that is smart thinking indeed! let's move on to the telegraph. headline here, chequers quotes as dead as a dodo. who is saying this? this is michael penning, who orchestrated theresa may's campaign. a loyal ally. and was givena may's campaign. a loyal ally. and was given a knighthood. he said some very damning things at. he said the chequers plan will not work, it will not go to parliament and he has accused the prime minister of playing russian roulette and treating mps as naughty children. these are pretty serious words for a former ally and a person who thought that this woman would be a good prime minister, to be saying this. and he is actuallyjoining the group of mps, so he has gone from somebody... this is the thing. when you see why theresa may was on panorama earlier in the week, saying it is my deal chequers or no deal at all. it is one. it is offensive, he is basically sayi

new zealand take on south africa in the rugby championship on saturday looking to continue their dominance of the southern hemisphere sides australia hosting argentina looking to build on their win against the springboks last week they would poke missed that game with a neck injury but has been made captain for the game on the gold coast. while it will take a miracle for new zealand not to retain that title it was one of their defeats of australia that caused a serious injury with the captaincy coming immediately after he was finally cleared to play and weeks a long time rugby yeah it. is one of those things we've. talked about this morning and put it put a new plan in place and you know i don't think it changes as players this is guys coming in and all the tones are. you trying for that new you hope you're ready for the war of words has intensified ahead of saturday's world title fight in las vegas between undefeated middleweight champion canady glove can and cannot alvarez go off skins trainer has taken a job at canal calling him an insult to boxing this will be their second fight they b

england women's rugby union players will be given full—time professional contracts from next year.8 contracts available. the sport's govering body said it demontrated their commitment to growing the women's game and their ambition to be the world's number one team. contracts for the england women's squad were controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfu focused on sevens rugby. two english players dominated major league soccer on sunday, as dc united and new york red bulls drew 3—3. wayne rooney scored dc‘s second, which put them in front midway through the second half, but he was outshone by bradley wright—phillips, whose hat—trick was even more impressive, as each time he scored he was equalised for the red bulls — the last coming in the 90th minute. wright—philips has scored 19 goals this season, to rooney's five. zlatan ibrahimovic scored his 500th goal in la galaxy's match against toronto fc — and it was an absolute cracker, his six foot five frame twisting to sneak the ball past the keeper, hejoins lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo as the only active players

sport is a very exciting business and i think rugby is very interesting at the moment. right, we need to move forward, grasp opportunities, constantly think about how we are developing and going forward and that is what i think we can do. an individual time trial. yates finished 13th but still ahead of all oui’ finished 13th but still ahead of all our two of his rivals for the title. only yesterday he was playing down his chances of holding onto the jersey on his way to madrid. he is 30 three seconds clear with just five stages to go. charlotte dujardin is targetting a third straight olympic title in the individual dressage at the tokyo olympics in 2020. she'll be able to gauge her form at the world equestrian games that start in north carolina tomorrow. dujardin was one of the stars of london 2012, winning gold on her horse valegro and the two stormed to another title in rio four years later but valegro has now retired and and she has a new partner in freestyle. i really don't know how she is going to cope travelling, the atmosphere, cope with giving three tests becaus

he will still be playing rugby.|j only young, only 28. -- good. he will still be playing rugby. a.m.. for new parents, getting the balance right between work and family life can be a struggle. and it doesn't get any easier when businesses fail to make their parental leave policies open and transparent. the liberal democrat mpjo swinson, herself a new mum, wants to force all large companies to publish details of their family friendly benefits, so that candidates won't have to ask at interview. she's in our westminster studio this morning. thank you very much forjoining us on breakfast this morning. let's be clear, you got a number of businesses which have signed up, pal easy or difficult has it been to get them on board? —— how easy.|j easy or difficult has it been to get them on board? -- how easy. i give tribute to the ten major employers that have signed up, saying they will voluntarily ensure they publish all of their parental pay and leave benefits on their website. i think thatis benefits on their website. i think that is a great step and i am really delighted that they hav

what‘s been described as a ‘civil war‘ in rugby league appears to be over.ue correspondent dave woods explained the changes to me. the super league clubs were against it, the majority, because they said it, the majority, because they said it was too volatile. essentially they have a regular season and at they have a regular season and at the end of that they split into a top eight for the play—offs for the grand finaland top eight for the play—offs for the grand final and the bottom four lay the top fourfor grand final and the bottom four lay the top four for an extended relegation and promotion play—off and that is the volatility the super lea ks and that is the volatility the super leaks didn‘t like, and that is the volatility the super lea ks didn‘t like, that and that is the volatility the super leaks didn‘t like, that so many teams could be relegated. and a change to something more familiar? it isa change to something more familiar? it is a format the game has had before but now there will only be the bottom team relegated and the top team from the cham

eddiejones says his omission is for rugby reasons alone.f the uk with winds of up to 100mph. two people died and thousands of homes were without power and lorries overturned during the severe winds. weather warnings are in place today. danjohnson has this report. a for ali, the first storm of the season. a stinging whirlwind that whipped across ireland and the uk. it tore apart the hospitality tent at st andrews. falling trees crushed buildings during northern ireland‘s strongest—ever september gales. there were near misses on the roads. this pilot trying to land in dublin thought better of it. 100 mile an hour winds brought down power lines. there are still homes without electricity. in some cases, our engineers out on site can hardly stand up, let alone climb the wood poles to affect repairs. so that stopped us and delayed us from affecting repairs and getting our customers back on. a woman died when this caravan was blown over a cliff on the irish coast. a man working for northern ireland water was killed by a falling tree. storm ali cer

one year to go before the rugby world cup and england head coach eddiejones says that danny ciprianinament even though he's been left out of the latest england training camp. jones has included centre manu tuilagi, who hasn't played for england in more than two years, and chris ashton, the sale wing who is currently serving a seven week ban. selection is all aboutjudgement and asa selection is all aboutjudgement and as a head coach, that is part... a major part of yourjob. i have to makejudgement on major part of yourjob. i have to make judgement on whether the players are going to be the ones that are going to be and make it. everyone is entitled to their opinion and sometimes it helps, sometimes it hinders. i've got a job to do soi sometimes it hinders. i've got a job to do so i havejust sometimes it hinders. i've got a job to do so i have just got to get on with it. so no cipriani for england despite his form for gloucester, and our rugby union reporter chrisjones says the england head coach is a man who knows his own mind. it is increasingly apparent the more hype around the play