not a rugby union one though. ue next year for the newly promoted toronto wolfpack. a big coup to get one of global rugby's biggest stars to leave union behind and finish his career in the code that he started with. adam wild has more. the sporting journey of sonny bill williams has been as spectacular as it has been unusual. the path less travelled certain to break more new crown. just days after waving farewell at the rugby union world cup, hisjourney farewell at the rugby union world cup, his journey continues farewell at the rugby union world cup, hisjourney continues much more back to the sport where first began. he made his name helping them to the nrl title, a switch of coats followed rugby union in france and then in canterbury crusaders. his first return to rugby league came with another nrl title following. so too did another return to the rugby union. it is his performance at the international level that made him a global sporting icon. twice a rugby union world cup winner who also played in a rugby leag

show me 12 weeks into when they use tmo from the rugby union, ican when they use tmo from the rugby unionuarantee you would not hear that explanation that you heard there because they have evolved and we will probably evolve as well. we are 12 weeks in. but you should use other sports and take a short cut. if this is working for other sports, we do not need to evolve, let's just ta ke we do not need to evolve, let's just take that on board. we cannot use any referee comes by that because protocol does not allow us to, but i think going forward, it probably will progress. it took rugby union six or seven will progress. it took rugby union six or seven years will progress. it took rugby union six or seven years to get to that position. the offside, armpits, toes, people have called it, the technology you have there, 50 frames a second on the camera, go from one frame to the next, it is impossible. there is such a margin of error there, greater than an armpit or are told, so even though you are saying bya told, so even though you are saying by a fraction this player is on or off side, that m

staying with rugby union, south africa's rugby world cup winners were given a rapturous welcome as theysuccess. the springboks beat england in last saturday's final in yokohama — to win the world cup for a record—equalling third time. their captain siya kolisi proudly lifted the webb elllis trophy — as the bus carrying the springboks travelled from pretoria tojohannesburg — in front of thousands of fans who lined the route. on to golf — and tiger woods has named himself as one of his captain's picks for next month's presidents cup against the international team in melbourne. (gfx) woods has also picked former masters champion patrick reed and two rookies — the current us open champion gary woodland and tony finau. it means the american team will include three of the year's four major winners, and seven of the world's top 10. woods is the first "playing captain" of a presidents cup team since hale irwin in 1994. meanwhile, ernie els picked two rookies among his captain's picks — and they include im sung—jae who recently won the genesis championship in his native south korea. earlier in t

not a rugby union one though. it looks like he'll be playing in rugby league's super league next year for the newly promoted toronto wolfpack. a big coup to get one of global rugby's biggest stars to leave union behind and finish his career in the code that he started with. adam wild has more. the sporting journey of sonny bill williams has been spectacular as it has been unusual. his career now seem certain to break more new ground for the ways —— just days after waving goodbye to the bulk up his journey continues to the sport where he first began. it was rugby league when he first made his name in the country bulldogs, helping them to the nrl title. a switch of codes followed to rugby union first in france and then canterbury crusaders. his first return to rugby league came with sydney roosters, another nrl title followed and so too did another return to rugby union. it is his performance at international level that have made him a global sporting icon. twice a rugby union world cup winner with the all blacks, he

so a busy day in rugby union sarah. thank you forjoining us, adam.st today for women's golf in europe. the season long order of merit is set to be rebranded as the race to costa del sol and will offer a bonus prize fund of 214,000 pounds. also — the event that will end the year — will have its prize money doubled to more than £500,000. scottish golfer carly booth told us it's a very postitive development. we spend the same amount of money no matter where we go. you are paying for your expenses. every week costs similar amounts. it is just for your expenses. every week costs similar amounts. it isjust nice to feel like we are working so hard for more of what we deserve financially. it gives us something more to look forward to. it has always been a pa rt forward to. it has always been a part of the ladies tour, you see the old gpa every week and we have so much potential for really good golfers out here —— lpga. ijust don't think we are quite has noticed. i hope that people could start seeing the benefit of supporting us here on the european tour. and

tendai mtawarira, more commonly known to you and i as the beast, has retired from rugby union. after 117 caps for south africa, culminating in that world cup win on saturday, he said that was the perfect ending. former great britain rugby league coach brian noble says superleague should look into relaxing its salary caps rules to entice more top players to play in the country. it comes as toronto look set to sign new zealand's cross—code star sonny bill williams on a multi—million pound deal. staying on the theme of players salaries where saracens did not turn up to the launch of the european champions cup today. it comes after they received a suspended 35—point deduction and £5 million fine for breaching the premiership‘s salary cap rules. it's a story that looks set to dominate the rugby landscape for a while yet with some saying the punishment is too lenient with others saying it doesn't go far enough and want them to be relegated. well, james burridge was at today's launch in cardiff and has been gauging opinion. saracens no—show here in cardiff has not gone down at all well

not a rugby union one though. ue's super league next year for the newly promoted toronto wolfpack. a big coup to get one of global rugby's biggest stars to leave union behind and finish his career in the code that he started with. adam wild has more. the sporting journey of sonny bill williams has been spectacular as it has been unusual. his career now seem certain to break more new ground for the ways —— just days after waving goodbye to the bulk up his journey continues to the sport where he first began. it was

tendai mtawarira — more commonly known as the beast — has retired from rugby union. that world cup win on saturday, he said that was the perfect ending. former great britain rugby league coach brian noble says superleague should look into relaxing its salary caps rules to entice more top players to play in the country. it comes as toronto look set to sign new zealand's cross—code star sonny bill williams on a multimillion pound deal. for the best part of a decade, nicola adams has been one of the faces of women's boxing both in great britain and around the world. a two—time olympic champion and three months ago — a world champion in the professional ranks. now she's stepped out of the ring for the last time. citing fears over losing her vision, she's called time on a boxing career. michael redford reflects on one of boxing's true pioneers. commentator: nicola adams of great britain has made sporting history! she is the first olympic boxing champion... it would have been easy to relax, career and ambition achieved, history made, yet this was just the beginning for nico

here's a look at some of the day's other headlines: scottish rugby union has accepted a £70,000 fine nduct during the rugby world cup. their chief executive mark dodson had threatened world rugby with legal action if their final pool game against japan was called off. because of a typhoon in the region. the former arsenal striker, thierry henry, has taken over as head coach of montreal impact in the mls on a two year contract. he had a short sepll in charge of monaco but was sacked injanuary. the three time motogp champion jorge lorenzo will retire after sundays' final race of the season in valencia. the 32—year—old spainiard won his last title in 2015, but has had some serious injuries this season. and, great britains rugby league team are still waiting for their fisrt win on tour of new zealand but they are winning over the locals — a school bus got stuck in the mud. the lions play papua new guinea on saturday. sonny bill williams has been talking aboutjoining toronto wolfpack on a multi—million pound deal. he won two world cup with the all blacks but has also played rugby league fo

if england win the rugby union world cup, it will be a super saturday.is will be a breakfast experience. somebody will surely come up with a number for how many bacon sandwiches will be consumed. landlords expect queues at the door from 8:00am. busy, it's going to be busy, a lot of interest, a lot of phone calls, a lot of people interested, so we're opening at eight o'clock, busy, busy for breakfast and, you know, we have a big rugby union community here, we sponsor leeds university, we sponsor trinity, big links with the rhinos and the rugby league with the rhinos and carnegie, so there's a lot of interest. for england rugby fans, there's only one thing to be doing tomorrow — watch, hope and to be inspired. i think it's massive for the whole country, for rugby, sort of going from grassroots level right up until the top, really. i think a lot of, like, local clubs are really getting behind the national team as well, and it'sjust really exciting to watch us do well. and for some fans of the union code, it will be their first sight of england in a world cu

you worked alongside some great rugby union coaches in your early days.s, who do you look at now? i know you spent some time with pep guardiola a few years back. do you look at the teams that are doing well? you're lucky being in england because there are so many good coaches. best coaches in the world in the english premier league. as much as i can, i go and visit them when there is an opportunity. if not, i study them by their interviews, pre—match and post—match. i have been lucky to meet alex ferguson and arsene wenger, the two icons of british soccer. i've been able to speak to them about their experience. i go to other sports. danny carey in hockey isa other sports. danny carey in hockey is a brilliant coach. so there are so many other opportunities to keep learning. you're clearing your book that you will be with england for another two years and honour your contract. is it slightly odd that it is halfway through a world cup cycle ? is halfway through a world cup cycle? warren gatland, joe smit, steve hansen, that's it, end of a four—year cycle sta

some rugby union news — and south africa's world cup—winning prop tendai mtawarira has announced hiszimbabwe is affectionately known as the beast. he's south africa's third most—capped player of all time — having played in 117 tests since making his debut back in 2008. mtawarira who plays super rugby for the sharks — said winning the world cup was the perfect way to end his international career, describing it as "the cherry on top". for the best part of a decade, britain's nicola adams has been one of the faces of women's boxing around the world. she's a double olympic champion — and a world champ as a professional. but she's now decided to call time on her career — over fears of losing her vision. michael redford reflects on one of boxing's true pioneers. it would have been easy to relax, career and ambition achieved, history made at this moment was just the beginning for nicola adams. a glittering career began by accident. with no—one to look after adams while her mum was at the gym, 12—year—old nicola was signed up to a boxing class. she did not look back. natural ability mixed wi

rugby union's european and english champions, saracens, are appealing against a 35—point deduction andnvestigation conducted by independent legal experts — found the club to be in breach of the league's salary cap. sarries, who have several of the world's top players, could now face a battle to avoid relegation. katie gornall has more. saracens are the dominant force in clu b saracens are the dominant force in club and european beef. they have won seven major honours in the past decade. they have got a squad like no other, it is packed with recognisable names, big stars, the likes of 0wen farrell, the villa tolo brothers, in premiership rugby, in england, they operate a salary cap. they do it so that in their words it has a level playing field preserves the financial viability of the competition in the clubs as well. premiership rugby have conducted this investigation which has taken place over a number of months, looking at the past three seasons. and they found that saracens failed to disclose payments to players and exceeded the ceiling for pays to payments as well. as a consequence

the country's 3rd world title makes it the joint most successful team in rugby union and the fans are revelling. in the springboks moments of glory. brought the day motions of head down as. troy so rarely had before to voice president cyril ramaphosa help to kick off the celebrations his predecessor nelson mandela was a key figure in making rugby a true national sport after it had been dominated by white afrikaners during the apartheid era now the team's 1st black captain see a khaleesi stance as the personification of the vision espoused by mandela who is often referred to locally as men dba fort hood are said to nato nations and then. we degrade to a hippie though they're both good and bad. cop and then yeah we should celebrate. those celebrations will continue throughout the nationwide parade of the trophy the party is just getting started. up next news africa with christine for more news and information visit our website dot com thanks for watching. interest of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate clicks on the phone books from 250. 2 discovery. expedition boys on the

former australian rugby union player israel folau has raised his compensation demands after being sackedsays that the termination of his contract is a case of religious discrimination. he now wants $9.5 million and is also arguing a potential loss of earnings, saying he could have been captain of the national side and that australia would have achieved a "superior performance" in his words at the rugby world cup if he'd been in the side. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. we will have all of the reaction there for the football, and more in there for the football, and more in the next hour. but from me — chetan pathak — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. yesterday we saw scenes like these across parts of scotland and the north—east of england, relentless rain. today the picture is going to gradually become drier, but that dryness comes with another change. much colder airflooding in across the uk. this is the low to thank for the wet weather. this front will clear south through the day. eventually the wet weather moving away, bu

in the two test series saracens have another win in the bag as they look to try and stay in the rugby unionons' 35 point deduction for breaching the salary cap they are now up to minus—18 following victory at bath. they welcomed back their england players and won 25—12 at the rec. the england captain 0wen farrell kicked 20 points scotland's sean maitland went over for the only try. they would be top of the table without the points deduction but trail 11th placed leicester by 22 points and in the pro 1a there was an impressive win for edinburgh who moved second in conference b after beating leaders munster 18—16 in cork. eroni sau scored the decisive try in the second half. t0 ulster really hit the ground running to beat scarlets 29—5 in conference a. the ulstermen earned a bonus point by the break — this spectacularfinish from matt faddes was one of four first half tries. sir mo farah says he hopes to defend his 10,000 metre 0lympic title in tokyo next year. farah was champion in the 5 and 10,000 metres at the last two 0lympics — but quit the track 2 years ago to focus on the marathon, he w

a couple of other rugby union lines for you. will welcome the all blacks to murrayfield next year for their autumn series. the scots already had a match against japan, and they will also play argentina. that will open their campaign on the first weekend of november. the australian player israel folau has been criticised for drawing a link between the country's bushfires and same—sex marriage and abortion laws. speaking in a church in sydney, folau said the fires were a "little taste of god's judgment". he was sacked by rugby australia earlier this year for making homophobic comments on social media. prime minister scott morrison says folau's latest comments are appallingly insensitive. he can see what he likes, but he needs to have regard for the people whose homes have burned down. for many christians around australia, thatis many christians around australia, that is not their view at all. there are thoughts and prayers are with those who are suffering, let me stress that. football now, and there's a huge game for wales in card

springboks were greeted by jubilant fans including president cyril ramaphosa the south african rugby union has bought insurance for the webb ellis cup while it parades around the country they've even appointed someone to manage the trophies movements during the parade and make sure only squad members and the president get their hands on it. this is the live from berlin up next doc film on the night the wall came down for more news visit our website e.w. dot com. from the above. it's all happening to children coming. to link to news from africa and the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions continue and we will come to see their views africa in program tonight from for a new journey from the zito i would say down here.

he's won the rugby union world cup twice with new zealand — and this is his third stint in the 13—manmedal of the world para athletics championships — and it was a fourth world title for paul blake. he won the t36 800—metres on day one in dubai, in a season's best time. and he goes again later in the week, in his main event, the 400—metres. next week we'll see the return to competition of kadeena cox, a paralympic gold medallist in both athletics and track cycling. she'll be running in the 200 and 400—metres in dubai, in what will be her first major athletics meet since the 2017 world championships, where she won three medals. since then she's suffered with injury and mental health problems — and she says she's nervous and excited about being back on the track. i struggled with the pressure of being a top athlete. i expect a lot myself and people expected me to dominate. she made history at the paralympics, becoming the first british athlete to win two goals into sports at the same games. but the years have not been easy. and an entry which took me out in 2018 which was devastating bu

the former northampton and england rugby union captain, dylan hartley, has been forced to retire fromf a long—standing knee injury. he's england men's second most experienced player of all time with 97 caps for his country. 0ur reporter austin halewood is here to talk us through his career. it was quite a controversial one at times, austin. how will he be remembered? well, there was certainly a bit of an edge to him and his game, jane. disciplinary issues cost him on a number of occasions. however, there's no denying that dylan hartley will be remembered as a hugely successful player for northampton and england. he led the saints to their only premiership title in 2014, but it's his performances in an england shirt that he's best known for. he was the man eddiejones turned to in a crisis when england rugby was at an all—time low after being knocked out of the 2015 world cup. and thejones/hartley combination turned things around with an historic series win in australia, 18 straight test victories, and then a six nations grand slam in 2016 before a championship win the season after. as

it was a mixed day for british sides in rugby union's european champions cup.down to 1a men at the end of the first half. sale eventually came through as 25 points to 15 winners. while gloucester came close but couldn't quite edga past montpellier, they were beaten by 30 points to 27. paul frostick was watching. for sale, this match was about returning world cup stars. south africa's faf de klerk and england's tom curry were on opposing sides in the final but this much reunited them in the same team. faf de klerk was soon involved. his pass feeding mcginty. england's world cup finalist tom curry was involved in the first half's other big moment. he found some fingers in his eyes and a la rochelle playerfound his way to an early bath. sale got themselves ahead after the break with a penalty try while faf de klerk concentrated on helping his team mates with some grooming techniques. a tight last 20 minutes saw this try from chris ashton but no bonus point for sale which could prove costly. like sale and la rochelle, montpellier and gloucester have lost their open

with the world cup now over, the focus moves back to club rugby union this weekend, and sale sharks haveuntil tomorrow at least. and they had the south african du preez brothers to thank for their win over wasps. dan du preez scored the game's only try and his brother rob kicked five penalties in a 28—18 victory. while in the pro 14, edinburgh are up to second in their conference after beating dragons 20—7. scotland fullback blair kinghorn scored the first of edinburgh's two tries. elsewhere, leinster beat connacht. british wheelchair racer sammi kinghorn has won bronze in the t53100 metres at the world para—athletics championships in dubai. the 23—year old came into the final as reigning champion and after an injury—ravaged season, emerged with bronze in a time of 16.64 seconds. kinghorn, who only went under the knife five months ago, said she was delighted to make the podium. also making the news today: at the track cycling world cup in glasgow, katie archibald, elinor barker, neah evans and ellie dickinson beat germany to the gold medal in the women's team pursuit. lora fachie won par

champion marc marquez won the race. 0nto rugby union, where european champions saracens began the defenceacing 92. with a domestic points deduction and large fine potentially looming, the 30—10 defeat will have done little to raise spirits. patrick gearey reports. saracens in happier times. this was may, they were european champions, their dominance undisputed. now, the picture is so much blurrier. the signs are that sarries will accept a domestic points deduction and massive fine for breaching the salary cap. in europe, only their opponents can hand out punishment. it still hurts. racing 92 were scoring the tries saracens never used to allow, but this wasn't saracens as we know them. what was once steel was breakable. thomas crashed through. was his right foot in touch? apparently not. this decision sarries had to accept. but it is notjust points in play, it is pride too. this week they promised they would not roll over. that would be an isolated incident. french league rules allow racing to spend on the best. they bulldozed to a bonus point. saracens‘ punishment means a relegation fight

if england win the rugby union world cup, it will be a super saturday. a breakfast experience. somebody will surely come up with a number for how many bacon sandwiches will be consumed. landlords expect queues at the door from 8:00am. busy, it's going to be busy, a lot of interest, a lot of phone calls, a lot of people interested, so we're opening at eight o'clock, busy, busy for breakfast and, you know, we have a big rugby union community here, we sponsor leeds university, we sponsor trinity, big links with the rhinos and the rugby league with the rhinos and carnegie, so there's a lot of interest. for england rugby fans, there's only one thing to be doing tomorrow — watch, hope and to be inspired. i think it's massive for the whole country, for rugby, sort of going from grassroots level right up until the top, really. i think a lot of, like, local clubs are really getting behind the national team as well, and it'sjust really exciting to watch us do well. and for some fans of the union code, it will be their first sight of england in a world cup final. i

principle of the salary cap and it is important to see it in the broader issue of professional rugby union'snd premiership rugby has to ensure there is a competitive level playing field. they say they are pleased the process has reached its conclusion, but of course saracens have the right to appeal against it and as it stands this severe punishment would seem to threaten their ongoing viability, certainly their superiority as a sporting force. the club have said in a statement that they're pleased the panel acknowledged saracens did not deliberately attempt to breach the salary cap. they also say that player co—investments do not constitute salary under the regulations. the punishment sees saracens drop to the bottom of the premiership. tough punishment indeed. let's talk cricket because england snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. england looked like they were going to win the third t20 in this series against new zealand, but they collapsed pretty spectacularly. they were chasing 181, got to 139 for two, but then disaster — they lost five wickets for just ten runs in 18 balls. new ze

the new wales rugby union head coach wayne pivac has named his first squad. 22 of the 35 to face thee world cup. new zealand—born backs johnny mcnicholl and willis halaholo are called up for the first time. following their maximum fine and points deduction for breaking the salary cap, saracens have been fined by european rugby chiefs for failing to attend this season's champions cup launch. they are the holders. the world para athletics championships in dubai finished last friday. the british team came back with 29 medals including 13 golds, two of them from wheelchair racer hannah cockroft who is now a 12 time world champion. all roads lead to tokyo now and the paralympics next year. she spoke to me earlier. about eight months from tokyo now and that is the drive. the world championships have been so late this year. it has been a seven month long season which is a lot of competing and now i just season which is a lot of competing and now ijust have two weeks to recover and get rested and then get back into full training to get ready for tokyo. that is the drive, but we have such lit

getting back to the rugby union great britain's rugby league side have a really tough match this is the here is the high point of theirjapan i we had a number of things to tickle off when we came to japan. we only had two left in our list as of this morning and one was to see mount fuji, done. the only fine i want to take off now is watching england win the world cup final. andy and scott are the lines and pink, a group of british rugby super fans. for the last month, they have been crisscrossing japan, making friends everywhere they have gone. the whole expense has been crazy. friends everywhere they have gone. the whole expense has been crazym has an expense in itself. you will not find it anywhere else. -- the whole experience has been crazy it is an experience in itself. it is not cheap. we will have done just over four weeks and then i wives who have came out for 14 or 15 days as well. we have tickets to pretty much every game since we have been here. i would put it in the ballpark of around eight or £9,000. has it been worth it? 10096. as england and pineapple, make their final pr

the country's 3rd world title makes it the joints most successful team in rugby union and the fans are revelling in the springboks moments of glory. brought to the motions or had been years. trying so really had before their voices president cyril ramaphosa helped to kick off the celebrations his predecessor nelson mandela was a key figure in making rugby a true national sport after it had been dominated by white afrikaners during the apartheid era now the team's 1st black captaincy a khaleesi stance as the personification of the vision espoused by mandela who is often referred to locally as many as 40. 2 new nato nations and then we weave grigory here peter they're both we've got in bed with the top and then yeah we should celebrate. those celebrations will continue throughout the nationwide parade of the trophy the party is just getting started. this is day w coming up next in the w. news i next 1000000000 internet users that we talked to a digital expert who trusts mist about why they're going online. what's hidden in the ground in this remote town in kirkwood saying stan is making

principle of the salary cap and it is important to see this in the broader issue of professional rugby union'siability and premiership by ongoing viability and premiership rugby has to ensure there is a competitive level playing field. saracens have said they are disappointed by the heavy sanctions and will launch an appeal against the disciplinary panel's findings. the owner has said it is devastating and he never deliberately sought to mislead anyone but saracens have the right to appeal against it and as it stands the severe punishment for seen to threaten their ongoing viability and certainly superiority asa viability and certainly superiority as a sporting force. he's a two time rugby world cup winner with new zealand's all blacks but now sonny bill williams is set to play in rugby league's super league next season. he's likely to sign a two year multi million pound contract with newly promoted canadian side toronto wolfpack. he'll become one of their marquee players. williams was part of the new zealand team beaten by england in the rugby world cup semi finals last month and has made 12

heartedly i'd say i can't think of any reason you wouldn't say it's been a fantastic success i mean rugby union is still a nation sports relatively speaking it's a big a sport and it's cousin rugby league but it's still only popular in individual countries dotted around in western europe a bit in australia new zealand of course where it's huge but it's not got that mass a pale of football and rugby really needs new territories like asia with hundreds of millions of people and they'll be ecstatic that japan did so well reaching their 1st rugby world cup quarter final and the belief that they inspiration that japan have given that people can really help the game grow here inspire young players to start a career rugby and hopefully make japan a force paul thank you with updates from outside the stadium earlier paul sentence details from inside the stadium of all of the action from the final. england in south africa were meeting in a world cup final for the 2nd time in history but this time the weight of expectation was on an england team would be underway the all blacks semi. there was to be none

pretoria today the springboks were greeted by jubilant fans including president obama a south african rugby union have placed an insurance policy on the web ellis cup trophy while it parades across the country believe it appointed a person to manage the trophies movements during the parade and make sure only squad members and the president get their hands on the cup. now the west african country of cameroon has very few movie theaters in recent years most of them shut down because people prefer to watch cable t.v. and that's rough for filmmakers who've been deprived of their local market but it hasn't stopped fashion directors from going out on the occasion and drilling the camera. the cameras are rolling in cameroon every month several low budget movies are made by independent filmmakers here. raise funds but there's a problem on distribution companies or even movie theaters filmmakers like direct to can a cry of force to find other ways to show off their work some raise funds by holding exclusive premieres for friends and family oh they get lucky if there's a film festival on the story you're t

today the springboks were greeted by jubilant fans including president ceramic poza a south african rugby union has a show of the webb ellis cup won it parades across the country and is even appointed someone to manage its movements during the parade and make sure that only squad members and the president get their hands on is. that of cameroon a west african country with very few settlers most of them closed down in recent years because people prefer to watch cable t.v. making life hot for filmmakers deprived of their local market but it hasn't completely stopped directors from going out on location and vold in the congress. the cameras are rolling in cameroon every month several low budget movies are made by independent filmmakers here. raise. but there's a problem on distribution companies or even movie theaters filmmakers like direct to khania kwai off forced to find other ways to show off their work some raise funds by holding exclusive premieres for friends and family or they get lucky if there's a film 1st of all on the story you're telling is good enough and you get lucky to be selected

the south african rugby union has brought insurance for the web telescope won it grids around the country even appointed someone to manage the trophies movements during the parade to make sure only squad members and the president get their hands on it. on to football and match day full of the champions league dave bronczek from the sports desk is here to talk us through the action welcome dave not to the games left in the group stage and we've already had a couple of a few teams which if qualified any favorites among them yes so p.s.g. you ventus and byron munich are the 3 1st teams to go through and there are some of the biggest teams in the world so of course you always expect them to be in the mix but i'm not sure if i call any of them really favorites through for instance and they are in in the midst of some complete chaos at the moment they're really struggling actually just last week and they let go of their coach. and have had interim coach the flick run the show for the 1st time last night so they're going through a lot and still manage to get through and we actually have a quote

to rugby union's european champions cup, and holders saracens returned to winning ways with a bonus—pointints to 3 victory over 0spreys. exeter built on their opening weekend win with a 34—18 victory over glasgow. winger tom 0'flaherty scored the pick of the tries with this surging run in the second half — that secured exeter the bonus point for getting four tries. england's women scored 10 tries as they crushed italy 60—3 in bedford to complete a clean sweep of victories from their autumn internationals. world player of the year emily scarratt was on the scoresheet. england finish the year with 12 wins from 13 games and extend their run of victories on home soil up to 17. england's cricketers take to the field in a couple of hours for day four of the first test against new zealand. new zealand have a first innings lead by 41 runs. that's all the sport for now. a fight invoving more than 100 people some reportedly armed with machetes has been broken up by police in birmingham this evening. west midlands police say that a dispersal order has ben issued and a number of arrests have been mad

in rugby union, saracen's ended a dramatic week with a 21—12 win at gloucester to move up to second ind fine for salary cap breaches in the week, overcame the boos of the home supporters to get a comfortable win. patrick geary was watching. saracens could handle the saturday booze but tuesday that will linger longer. found guilty of breaching the salary cap, they are paying with points, pounds and endless taunting. until the appeal, they have rugby to distract them. going back to what they know, smashing glass the's door ajar, tomkins scored. tom marshall opted for a bit of football, followed by its diving, a try. saracens also know the value of the route. it was kicked by manu vunipola. using a collective spirit, they call the wolf pack which looks more like a herd of wildebeest when it is doing this. ben got the ball down. then they locked the door. la to gloucester try proved purely academic. for some, to gloucester try proved purely academic. forsome, saracens is to gloucester try proved purely academic. for some, saracens is a cheat and this might be the week that everything chang

wayne pivac‘s first match in charge of the wales rugby union team saw them beat the barbarians 114—33ncipality stadium, josh adams with two of them. the babas were being coached by former wales boss warren gatland, who stood down after the world cup. england's netballers have won their series against south africa with a game to spare. the roses, who are ranked third in the world, won 59—53 in cape town to go two up with the third and final test tomorrow. england's cricketers are in new zealand, the second test has resumed, it's day three in hamilton. you can keep up to date with that on the bbc sport website as they try to level the series. rory burns and joe root going along nicely. that is all the sport. many thanks. it appears itappears in it appears in the report that he was released hello. this is bbc news. let's get more on the london bridge attack. it's emerged that usman khan had been released on licence for his involvement in planning terror attacks. earlier i spoke to mark fenhalls, a criminal barrister and and former chair of the criminal bar association — for his analysis

there was an east midlands derby in the rugby union premiership — and northampton saints completely outclassedies at franklin's gardens. matt proctor with a first half brace on his debut. saints move ahead of bristol who play london irish tomorrow. the only thing keeping tigers off the bottom of the table is saracens, who are on minus 18 points after their points deduction. england's netball team have wrapped a series win over south africa after beating them 59—53 in the second test in cape town. jess thirlby‘s side followed up victory in the first test yesterday with another win — they went into half—time 29—27 up thanks to kadeen corbin. south africa scored three back—to—back goals as they went on to take the lead early in the third quarter. but england came back again, eleanor cardwell on the scoresheet to secure the win and series ahead of tomorrow's third and final test. defending champion ronnie o'sullivan is through to the third round of the uk championship after a routine victory this time it was china's tian pengfei on the end of another ruthless display from the seven—time winner of

the new wales rugby union head coach wayne pivac has named his first squad. 22 of the 35 for the matchworld cup. he's brought in new zealand—born backsjohnny mcnicholl and willis halaholo for the uncapped game in cardiff at the end of the month. the baba's will be coached by the former wales coach, warren gatland. roger federer says he hopes for an emotional end to his tennis career when he finally retires. he's currently in argentina for an exhibition match, because switzerland aren't playing in the davis cup this week. he's 38 now, an age he says he never expected to still be playing at. but he says he sees no reason to consider retirement at the moment. that's all the sport for now. manchester city have just published their financial figures for the past year, you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. in the last hour, prosecutors in sweden say they will discontinue their investigation into an allegation of rape made againstjulian assange. the wikileaks founder has been in belmarsh prison in southeast london since he was dragged out of

scottish rugby union has accepted a £70,000 fine and expressed regret over their conduct at the worldty was handed down for criticism of the threatened cancellation of scotland's final pool game against hosts japan. the match was in doubt because of a typhoon that hit the country. chief executive mark dodson hinted at legal action if the match was called off. it was ruled that he had "brought the game into disrepute". scotland lost the match and failed to qualify for the quarter—finals. catriona matthew is going to captain the european solheim cup team again. the 50—year—old scot led her team to victory over the united states on home soil at gleneagles in september.she will be lead them once again against the usa at inverness golf club in ohio, in 2021. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. henry becoming the manager at montreal will be coming up. rain is falling in flood—hit parts of south yorkshire and it is expected to intensify throughout the afternoon. a yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, donc

the country stood well title makes it the joint most successful team in rugby union and the fans are ready. in the springboks moments of glory. brought the . motions of head down as. i. really had before it was president cyril ramaphosa help to kick off the celebrations his predecessor nelson mandela was a key figure in making rugby a true national sport off they had been dominated by white afrikaners during the apartheid era now the team's 1st black captaincy a khaleesi stance as the personification of the vision espoused by mandela who is often referred to locally as many. thought they could do us a. wee wee grigory hey pete i did post it on. top and then yeah we should sort of break. those celebrations will continue throughout the nationwide parade of the trophy the party is just getting started. are now to west africa cameroon a country that has very few cinemas most of them have closed down in recent years because people are watching movies on t.v. at home and that is making life hard for film makers but it has not stopped some intrepid directors from going out on location take

england's women's rugby union side have beaten france for the second time in a week.the 500—point mark for england but they still needed a dramatic late try from lydia thompson to seal the 17—15 victory. it's the opening weekend of rugby's european champions cup. the defending champions saracens play tomorrow. out of today's matches — exeter were the best of the british sides — comfortably beating la rochelle 31—12. there were also wins for glasgow who beat sale and ulster narrowly overcame bath. the biggest age gap in the history of the world tour finals resulted in roger federer being knocked—out by stefanos tsitsipas. the six time champion federer, who's 38 years old — was beaten in straight sets in the semi—finals by the 21 year old greek debutant. tsitsipas will now face dominic thiem in the final tomorrow. the great britain rugby league side's first tour for more than a decade has ended in a series whitewash. the lions were beaten 28—10 by papua new guinea in the final match of their southern hemisphere tour. it follows two defeats by new zealand and one against

staying with rugby union, and the owner of saracens says the club won't have to sell any of its starsve breached premiership rugby‘s salary cap. nigel wray has admitted on the club's website that they did fail to report some things on time. but he remains adamant that they've not broken the rules, adding that "investment is not salary". there have been calls for saracens to be given more sanctions. tottenham captain hugo lloris remains on course to return to training early next year after having surgery on his elbow. lloris dislocated his elbow during the premier league match against brighton last month. a statement on the club's website said surgery had been advised but that it wasn't expected to lengethen his recovery time. well, lloris's spurs side are a step closer to the champions league knockout stages after beating red star belgrade 4—0 last night. son heung min scored twice, a win for spurs from their last two group games will see them through. and manchester city drew 1—1 all against atalanta, but they found themselves in a bizarre situation as they had to put an outfield pla

people interested, so we‘re opening at 8am, busy, busy for breakfast and, you know, we have a big rugby unionhe rhinos and carnegie, so there‘s a lot of interest. for england rugby fans, there‘s only one thing to be doing tomorrow — watch, hope and be inspired. i think it's massive for the whole country, for rugby, sort of going from grassroots level, right up until the top, really. i think a lot of, like, local clubs are really getting behind the national team, as well, and it'sjust really exciting to watch us do well. and for some fans of the union code, it will be their first sight of england in a world cup final. it‘s amazing, because it tells you what you could be, when you‘re older, what position you could be, how good you are, and you get to watch all the other good players, you might meet up with them in the future and see them, yeah. do you think they‘ll win? yeah, they‘ll probably win. it's really special, because i've never watched a rugby final before, with england in it, and i think it's going to be really exciting to see how they play and how they cope with the intensity of it.

it is the most eagerly anticipated match in rugby union and there's not long now until the world cupsure they've got to yokohama by hook or by crook to watch the two remaining teams, england and south africa, face each other. for england, it would be revenge for the last time the two sides met in the 2007 final when south africa were the victors. for the springboks, it could be an important moment in history as the team is led out by the country's first black captain. 0ur sports editor dan roan has this report from tokyo. another tactical masterclass by eddiejones. it may be the eve of the world cup final, but england's head coach still found time to put some local school kids through their paces today. earlier, it was his captain taking instructions — this the squad's final training session before the biggest game of their lives. it's a good session, boys, it's good work. puts us in good stead for saturday, that. 0wen farrell's leadership‘s been crucial to his team's journey in japan. they've had much to celebrate during this campaign, but he told me the job's not yet complete. we k

and since then, you know, we have had a lot of fights within the rugby union.say that you can actually believe in your dreams. we can actually work together, different races, different people, coming together. you know, if they, like our captain said, work together, they can make anything happen. you were very close to madiba, you were certainly with him in the final years of his life. did he other reflect on that moment? well, not really, but i think it's a moment that he was very proud of. of course, he was the first black president, and he was supporting a springboks that had not fully welcomed the new rainbow nation. so i think he is a man that sits today, looks upon us very proudly, smiling, that the dream of the rainbow nation is possible, itjust needs us to work at it. you know, 2a years on, south africa still is a very fractured nation. perhaps it's unfair to assume that it would transform overnight, what sort of work is being done to bring the nation together? what sort of work do you do? well, i have been running this operation are for the past nine y

slowly but surely saracens are moving back towards zero in rugby union's premiership.lary cap, but six penalties from england's 0wen farrell and this try from scotland's sean maitland helped them beat bath 25—12 last night. they're now on minus 18. while in the pro 1a ulster picked up a bonus point as they beat scarlets 29—5. this spectacularfinish from matt faddes was the first of their five tries. in the other match edinburgh beat munster to go second in their group. it's day two of the trampoline, tumbling and dmt world championships in tokyo with more medals for great britain. shanice davidson claimed silver in the women's tumbling final — remember the women won team tumbling gold yesterday — and it was a british bronze as well with megan kealy also on the podium. meanwhile, laura gallagher has qualified for the tramponline final, which means she confirms her place at the olympics next year. i love that smile. that's all the sport for now. time for the weather. hello, it has been a weekend dominated by frost and fog. some of it has been dense and freezing in places

rugby union, and scott wisemantel has left his role as england attack coach.rom eddiejones's coaching staff. wisemantel‘s contract with the rfu came to an end after england's defeat by south africa in the rugby world cup final earlier this month. jones has already had to contend with the losses of scrum expert neal hatley and forwards coach steve borthwick. andy murray is not one of those sporting superstars who often speaks about his private life, but a new documentary has captured him at some of his most private moments. the premiere of "andy murray: resurfacing" was held in london last night. the film charts his two—year fight back from a hip injury which threatened to end his career. and while it was a very tough time for him — andy murray told me — it also helped him prepare for life after tennis. tennis obviously has been my whole adult life but also a huge part of my childhood as well, this is what i've done since i was a young kid, so when you sort of get to 28, 29 and it looks like you're coming to the end, i think sport doesn't do a very good job pre