it has been a very unusual few days for everybody at saracens but the clu b for everybody at saracenslub caught up in the centre of the storm caused by their number eight, billy vinupola. his apparent defence of the anti—lg bt billy vinupola. his apparent defence of the anti—lgbt stance of fellow christian israel folau has seen the englishman formally warned by saracens and the rugby football union. he has expressed his regret at the offence caused, with both the rfu and saracens stressing that his viewpoint is at odds with rugby union's values of inclusivity. the saracens boss hopes the matter has now been dealt with, as his side prepare for a huge champions cup semifinal against munster on saturday, with billy vunipola said to be involved. this group of players and staff have been together for a long period of time and we ca re for a long period of time and we care about each other and we want to look out for each other through the good times and the bad times as well. and i have no doubt when it comes to saturday, he will be giving it all for his team—mates and likewise hails team—

and billy vunipola stars as saracens reach another rugby champions cup final.coming up in the programme... there's a teamgb fightback in the fed cup as konta and co look to knock out kazakhstan. and can khan beat crawford? we'll head stateside to madison square garden for the latest. hello. welcome to the programme. well after that incredible match in the champions league in midweek, manchester city welcomed tottenham hotspur to the etihad stadium once again, as the sides met for the third time in 11 days. there were fewer fireworks but manchester city did manage to pick themselves up from european disappointment. to move to the top of the premier league, thanks to a 1—0 win, as jo currie reports. after wednesday night's european extravaganza between these two teams, the repeat premier league fixture was always going to struggle to live up to the same excitement. or was it? city needing to lick their wounds, knowing a win would take them back to the top of the table. and just like mid week, the end—to—end drama came early. spurs starting the quicker, with son h

saracens and the champions leinster. the irish beat toulouse, running in three tries in a 30 points to 12 win at the aviva stadium in dublin. they'll bid for a record fifth european title. the final against saracens is at newcastle's st james park next month. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11.15am. don't forget about the website. actually, i will be back after 10am. i have no idea what day and what time it is! a week of climate change protests on waterloo bridge in london has been brought to an end by police, who removed the final activists from the site late last night. more than 960 people have been arrested in connection with the demonstrations. simon jones has more. as night fell, officers moved in to remove the last of the protesters who'd glued themselves to waterloo bridge. with police patience and resources stretched, the only approved place for protest

saracens — who are second — have beaten seventh placed wasps 31—111.heir premiership status. dan thomas and harry thacker both crossed for the visitors after the break to seal their win. to add to leicester's woes, it's been confirmed that manu tuilagi will miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury. in the pro 1a, dragons dented scarlets champions cup ambitions for next season, with a 311—32 victory on judgement day in a nine—try thriller. scarlets have qualified for europe's top tier every season since the inception of regional rugby in 2003 — and it was level pegging after this try from matthew screech made it 32 points all in the 79th minute. but then the pressure was on dragons fly half jason tovey to kick this conversion, which he did to seal victory by two points. the other two teams who were chasing that final playoff place. benetton have it — after beating fellow italians zebre 25—11. edinburgh were in the running — they're playing glasgow who can finish top of conference a with a win and with a home draw in the play—off semi finals.

this moment that vunipola is going to get the same treatment but if need be, he could be charged by saracensdisrepute. but it very noticeable how both club and the union have acted pretty quickly to condemn what vunipola had to say and will act further. st helens have gone back to the top of superleague tonight after a 38—12 victory over warrington. the wolves had begun the evening ahead of saints on points difference but six trys from 6 different scorers did the damage for saints. mark percival and winger regan grace amongst the scorers. in the nights other match, wakefield continued their good form as they beat wigan warriors 30 points to 20. the challenge cup is also back underway this weekend. two games tonight, and two big wins for the superleague sides. leeds beating workington town by 78 points to 6. whilst salford beat rochdale hornets 76 poitns to 6. rochdale hornets 76 points to 6. ellie downie has just missed out on another european all round gymnastics title in poland. she has though taken silver. downie led going into the floor routine, but was eventually pipped in the final dis

saracens say they will meet with vunipola internally.ed what folau had to say. —— defended what. they certainly interpret their christianity in a different way to make comes to lgbt people and vunipola, without using is struggling which is next use, said he felt gay people were living against god's will. the common soul is certainly caused a storm and certainly are going to be dealt with —— the comments certainly cause. vunipola going on to say he felt a relationship should be between men and women. what does this say about players and their social media use was yellow it's a really big topic —— social media use? was yellow it's a really big topic -- social media use? it's a really big topic. it's open a can of worms. they will be owed dammit —— there will be those who say folau and —— there will be those who say folau and vunipola macro the big issue here, not a case of people saying that they cannot practise their christianity but should they be using these social media platforms to spread a form of belief or interpretation of their re

his saracens side too strong and too powerful and in the end just too good. jill kerry, bbc news.narrowly defeated 2a points to 20 in their semifinal by la rochelle. right, it is time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's football results as match of the day follows soon on bbc one. the premier league title race promises to be fascinating to the end as manchester city returned to the top of the table after a phil foden goal gave them a 1—0 win over spurs, just three days after the london side had knocked city out of the champions league. at the bottom of the table brighton secured an important point with a 1—all draw with wolves. relegated fulham won their first away game of the season at bournemouth. watford's european ambitions stay alive after their 2—1 win over huddersfield. west ham and leicester drew 2—all. and ayoze perez scored a hat—trick at the bottom of the table brighton secured an important point the scottish premiership hasn't been decided quite yet. a rangers victory today means celtic will have to wait at least another week if they are to retain

now, saracens have condemned that post. they say they are taking it very seriously.rnally, they say, but here in twickenham the rugby football union says rugby is an inclusive sport, we don't support these views and will be meeting with billy to discuss his social media posts. the question will be off course how far the rugby authorities are prepared to push this and tonight, clive, those posts by both players are still on instagram. richard lister there at twickenham, thank you. there have been clashes between police and protestors in algeria, after tens of thousands of people again took to the streets calling for a new generation of political leaders. police fired tear gas and water cannon at the demonstrators, many of them young, and who were marching for the eighth friday in a row. they're angry at the appointment of abdelkader bensalah as interim leader, saying he's too close to the former president, who was forced out of office ten days ago after years of repressive rule. mr bensalah has promised free elections, but opponents say it's a ploy by the ruling elite

the saracens side too strong and powerful, in the end, too good.o keep happening." saracens will face either leinster or toulouse in the final. they play this afternoon. both english teams lost their challenge cup semi—finals. this is the second tier of european rugby. sale had won twice in france this season but they were knocked out at la rochelle, gregory alldritt with the decisive try in their 24—20 win. and it'll be an all—french final, after clermont auvergne survived a late fightback from harlequins to beat them 32—27. great britain's fed cup tie against kazakhastan is poised at 1—1. katie boulter wasted three match points before losing her singles rubber — she said she was devastated. she took the first set against yulia putinsteva at the copper box in london, and she led 4—0 in the decider but she lost it on a tie break. johanna konta won her rubber but it's all square. that looked very emotional. very emotional. was she getting annoyed about a decision on getting the ground going? no, just getting emotional. it is such an intense environm

the rfu say they will meet saracens to discuss his post. more on those stories that have passed.nd are attending unregistered schools — some of which are in "appalling" conditions with exposed wiring, rat traps and open sewers, according to 0fsted. the schools inspections body says 6,000 children are taught in unregistered schools and that english councils have spent tens of thousands of pounds placing pupils in the unregulated facilities. sarah walton reports. these are some of the rundown, dirty conditions where inspectors found children trying to learn. 0fsted visited 500 schools that were unregistered or suspected of operating illegally. they were shocked by what they uncovered. some of these places have like open sewerage works in them. holes in the walls. very poor electrical works. about a third have quite significant health and safety issues around them. and about a quarter of them have safeguarding issues for the children. so, people teaching them who aren't qualified teachers, who aren't registered with anybody to say they are fit and proper person to be able to work wi

it ended 32—16 saracens will face either leinster or toulouse in the final.ch points to lose her match in the fed cup. she'd been going so well against kazakhstan‘s yuiia putinsteva in london, but things quickly unravelled and she lost the third set on a tie break. johanna konta had won her rubber earlier in the day, so they go into day two with the tie level at 1—all. neil robertson is on a roll on the first day of the world championship snooker. the 2010 champion is a frame away of what would be only the second whitewash in crucible history. he's 9—0 up in his first round match against qualifier michael georgiou, who has only managed 107 points in total so far. defending champion mark williams is through after beating martin gould. that's all the sport for now. we have a world title fight in new york overnight, don't forget that, and you can listen to that on bbc radio 5from and you can listen to that on bbc radio 5 from around four in the morning. i'm sure you will be staying up to watch that? it is a bank holiday, why not? house plants do much more than s

defending champions saracens are into the final of the women's premier 15s. loughborough lightning for the title in a fortnight‘s time at franklin's gardens. those two sides play their semi—final tomorrow. glasgow warriors claimed a rare victory over leinster in dublin to take a big step towards to securing a home pro14 semifinal. tommy seymour was one of five different try scorers for the warriors as they ran home comfortable winners by 39 points to 24. connacht have secured their place in the play—offs. jack carty scored this try and kicked nine points as his side beat the cardiff blues 29—22. scarlett scored at six tries and three in the final minutes to keep their playoff hopes alive. the penultimate try was the best with a stunning run from inside their own half. whole fc had an incredible run in the super league. n thought they had won this game themselves late on and gave away a penalty from the whole city kick—off which wasn't brilliantly struck in. those two points leveled the score. then integrally, there are no draws of the match went to the next p

and the england and saracens number eight has today put upa and saracens number eight has today put upis own broadly in support of his position. he has been asked by other people too unlike the post that falao put out. he has not done that and gone a step further and put out some sentiments that are broadly in line of where falao is coming from. we haven't heard from them yet but it is a real can of worms being opened here. like allow, he is using his social media platform to put across a point of view that many people find offensive. chris jones, our rugby union correspondent. thanks for joining us. let's take a quick look at some of the other headlines. arsenal have started an investigation after a video emerged online. arsenal have started an investigation after a video emerged online where a supporter can be heard allegedly racially abusing the napoli defender kalidou koulibaly during their europa league quarter final last night. the cardiff boss neil warnock has been charged by the fa over comments he made about match officials. he called them the "worst in the world" after his si

saracens have won the premier 15s final after a comfortable victory over harlequins.g two from zoe harrison to lead 27—0 at the break. quins did mount a second half comeback to only trail by 13 points, but sarries held on. 33—17 the final score. there's been a big shock at the world snooker championship, where the three—time champion mark selby has been beaten by qualifier gary wilson in the second round. wilson, who is a former taxi driver, won by 13 frames to ten in sheffield, this break of 92 sealing the win in style. it's the second time the qualifier has knocked out a seed in this tournament after victory over belgium's luca brecel in the first round. he'll meet either ali carter or china'sjo yoo long in the quarterfinal. ijust i just felt a little bit edgy out there and probably because of the season there and probably because of the season i have had, i have not been getting the result and lacked a bit of confidence. it could be down to that but i don't know, i thought if you get the first round out of the way, you can kick on but gary played well and deserved

the rfu and saracens both distance themselves from billy vunipola's views, after the england forwardisrael folau's social media post claiming "hell awaits" gay people. in algeria, tens of thousands of people are again protesting on the streets, demanding a new government that's free of members of the old ruling elite. security has been stepped up in the capital, as the demonstrators, many of them young, marched for the eighth friday in a row. they're angry at the appointment of abdelkader bensalah as interim leader, saying he's too close to the former president, who was forced out of office 10 days ago after years of repressive rule. mr bensalah has promised free elections, but opponents say it's a ploy by the ruling elite to cling onto power. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin reports from the capital algiers, on another day of mass protests. they chant "the country is ours," they chant. "and we will do what we want." even the youngest are brought along. mass protest, now the friday routine. just a few months ago, this seemed impossible. you could go to jail for posting on facebook. afte

bristol against saracens is just under way, and it's currently 111—13 to saracens.or the warriors, they ran home very comfortable winners in the end, 39—24. connacht have secured their place in the play—offs. they scored this try and kicked nine points as his side beat the cardiff blues 29—22. plenty more coming up but quick look at the other stories. mitch evans has become formula e's seventh different winner in as many races this season. the australian won in rome ahead of germany's andre lotterer. the race was red—flagged on the first lap after a multi—car pile—up. the rajasthan royals beat the mumbai indians by four wickets in the ipl. chasing 188 to win, jos buttler hit a quickfire 89 before the royals chased down their target with three balls to spare. anthony crolla says he's fine despite suffering a brutal knockout in the fourth round of his world lightweight fight against ukraine's vasyl lomachenko. the manchester fighter was looking to regain the world title he lost three years ago. now, later tonight, the american claressa shields will face germany's chri

saracens are into their fourth rugby champions cup final in six seasons.—16 victory against munster — he was booed throughout by opposiition fans and also confronted by a supporter. it follows his defence of israel folau's homophobic social—media posts. vunipola was given a warning by the rfu. saracens will face either the reigning champions leinster or toulouse in the final. they play this afternoon. great britain's fed cup tie against kazakhastan is poised at 1—1 going into the second day. katie boulter wasted three match points before losing her singles rubber — she said she was devastated. she led yulia putinseva a—0 in the deciding set at the copper box in london, but she lost it on a tie—break. johanna konta won the first rubber of the day but it's all—square ahead of the reverse singles and doubles. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's martine with the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. if you are shocked to see me here, imagine howl if you are shocked to see me here, imagine how i feel! with me are the au

saracens and england winger david strettle will retire from professional rugby at the end of the seasoneen 2007 and 2013, scoring two tries. he also helped sarries to two premiership titles. captain, leader, legend — just some of the tributes paid today in honour of billy mcneill, the former celtic captain and first briton to lift the european cup has died at the age of 79. our scottish sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin looks back at the life and career of the man who led the ‘lisbon lions‘. this was the moment he became more than just this was the moment he became more thanjust a this was the moment he became more than just a footballer more than just the captain becoming the first british man to lift the european cup secured his status as a legend. the victory was over milan in 1967. came the winning goal! deflected the shot! that was the high point of an illustrious career. born in bell's hill and after a spell, it was celtic and after that as a player, only celtic. went to the head of billy mcneill and what a scene it was! at this final in 1965, his goal ending in eight yea

the england and saracens forward posted support for australian player israel folau, who said ‘hell awaitsa. today, vunipola received a formal warning. 0ur rugby union correspondent chrisjones has more on this story. it's been an unusual a few days for eve ryo ne it's been an unusual a few days for everyone here, with the cloud, caught up in the centre of the storm caused by day number eight, billy. his defence of the anti—lgbt star, and fellow christian israel has seen the englishman formally warned by both clubs. he has expressed a great gripe at the defence called with both the clubs stressing his viewpoints are at odds of that rugby union values as inclusivity. they have the matter has now been dealt with, and they prepare for huge cup semifinal on saturday with him being involved in. these group of players and staff have been together for a very long period of time and we care about each other and we want to look out for each other, through the good times and to the bad times as well. and you know, i have no doubt that when it comes to saturday, he will be getting us all and likewise.

saracens too strong and too powerful, and in the end, just too good. austin hill wood, bbc news.martin gould. he won five frames in a row and has a 6—3 lead at the at the interval. that match concludes this evening. live pictures at the crucible theatre. snooker on bbc two. 2010 neil robertson is absolutely steam—rollering michael georgiou, the cypriot making his debut, and it's showing. robertson eight frames to nil up. 0n the other table ding junhui is 4—1 ahead against scotland's anthony mcgill. -- 52 —— 52 ahead —— 5—2 ahead. great britain came from a set down to win the first match of their fed cup play—off against kazakhstan in london. johanna konta was playing zarina diyas in the first tie of the weekend, but konta lost the first set 6—4. the british number one battled back though in a noisy copperbox arena and took the next two sets 6—3, 6—2 to give britain a 1—0 lead. katie boulter has just taken the first set from yulia putintseva in the second match of the weekend. and it doesn't happen very often, but rafael nadal has been beaten on clay. the 11 time champion lost in

the irish provincial side will face saracens of the premiership at newcastle united's st james's parkrts. after a year and ireland, the champions cup is starting to feel at home with leinster and only spent as long and need toulouse trophy cabinet as the new one in dublin and its history. they want to return to france, toulouse has to deliver better the next. compounding with the irish side reluctant to wave goodbye to their trophy. of those like might well have - waved like might well have late to waved the white flag by half—time but only talked on for a penalty in the build up talked on for a penalty in the build up but still leinster had to wait 12 minutes after the break to go further ahead. toulouse chipping away with the boot and offering some french resistance only for garry ringrose to touch the ball down at the same time as him, no try. at the french knew they were down, leinster proceeded to take them some more. no intentions of letting the trophy go anywhere just yet. britain's amir khan has vowed to continue boxing despite a controversial defeat in his world title challen

in a post of his own, the saracens forward called on people to "live their lives how god intended". on the field, there is a huge relegation clash between newcastle and leicester in the premiership later. they also meet in football's premier league. that's all on sportsday at 6.30pm. but now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello there and welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is james king. so james, what do we have this week? we have got jesse we have gotjesse buckley proving to us we have gotjesse buckley proving to us she is now shrieking violet in wild rose. regina hall goes from big to small in little. and jonah hill directs mates with skates in mid90s. wildrose, let's start with that. a young single mother in glasgow dreams of going to nashville to be a big country star. she does but it's going to be a difficultjourney. she has quite a couple get a personal life. she is just has quite a couple get a personal life. she isjust out has quite a couple get a personal life. she is just out of prison. has quite a couple get

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it comes after the england and saracens forward posted support for israel folau's controversial anti—gayal media. folau has subsequently been sacked by australia. vunipola has received an official warning. our correspondent chris jones has more. the rfu say that billy vunipola expressed regrets and he understood the hurt and offence he had caused by the defence of isreal folau and adding in his own instagram post, that man was made for women to procreates. billy vunipola has also been reminded of his responsibilities as an ambassador for the game and for a sport that values inclusivity, although he has not yet deleted the post which suggests he does stand by his views, which come from his interpretation of his christian religion, although he does regret expressing these views. manchester united travel to barcelona needing to overturn a 1—0 deficit if they're to win their champions league quarterfinal. it will be the first time united manager ole gunnar solskjaer has played or managed at the ground since scoring the winning goal for them in the 1999 final against bayern munich. patrick ge

saracens kept up the pressure on leaders exeter with a bonus point comeback against bottom side newcastle—16. 0spreys kept alive there pro 14 playoff hopes with a bonus point stop. fullback dan evans and 0lly cracknell opened the try—scoring for the visitors in the first half. dries swanepoel hit back for cheetahs but the 0sperys proved too strong. cory allen went over for the bonus point try to main their champions cup qualification hopes. 0spreys kept alive their pro14 play—off and european champions cup qualification hopes. asi as i said. zebre beating connacht. confirmation of that 0spreys score. still to come on sportsday: we'll tell you about the football pitch in scotland that fifa says is one of the most unusual in the world. —— remarkable in the world. you cannot slack the pitch off because it's a revelatory pitch from fifa. you can play football anywhere. rugby league super league now. saint helen's's100% certain disease and is on the verge of being ended by cata la ns is on the verge of being ended by catalans dragons. the dragons twice came from behind. they are winning 18-10

earlier this evening — billy vunipola the saracens and england number 8, who had liked folau's post onays his intention was never to cause suffering. the rfu are also expected to speak to vunipola this week. olympic champion adam peaty has ruled out going for two individual gold medals, at the tokyo olympics next year. there had been talk that he would race in the 200m, but instead he'll now focus on defending his 100m breaststroke title. because i want to focus on pushing the boundaries on the 100 and pushing the boundaries on the 50, it creates too much of a gap in too much of a whole if i tried to do the 200 as well because it's a com pletely 200 as well because it's a completely different architecture of race and body shape and everything. they are all kind of skinny and long, the stroke ‘s, i am completely opposite, mostly with a short stroked so to do all three would require a lot of different techniques i don't even think would be possible. the weather is going to change significantly in the run—up to easter because we are changing where our weather is coming from, changing wind

mall here or tories in this part we're never going to have peace i'm terribly upset here of the saracens and the shock of my last i was sure that this time we would win i'm very pleased about it because their fingerprints always a great leader. is rarely a strong country. in the world country and i think it will be better and. i don't think the. ever enough experience. and that's the reason i'm very happy about the result of us president trump is. so pleased he's convinced netanyahu can advance the middle east peace process he also his congratulations as did austrian chancellor sebastian course. the official results are due thursday the pentagon has already conceded israeli president ruben rivlin still has two weeks to decide whom to assigned the task of forming a new government. now german basketball great dirk nowitzki has announced his retirement the forty year old has been a national basketball association is most successful import and he is adored by fans and dallas texas it's he led the mavericks to their only n.b.a. title in two thousand and eleven and he was crowned the league's

mall here it's henri's in this part we're never going to have peace i'm terribly upset here of the saracens and it's the shock of my last i was sure that this time we would win i'm very pleased about it because the fingerprint always a great leader. is rarely a strong country. it's the world's country and i think it will be better no i don't think the. girl and certainly appeared ever enough experience. and that's the reason i'm very happy about the result of us president trump is. so pleased he's convinced netanyahu can advance the middle east peace process he offered his congratulations as did the austrian chancellor. the official results are due thursday and the pentagon has already conceded israeli president groovin rivlin still has two weeks to decide whom to assigned the task of forming a new government. our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer sent us her take on the results of the israeli election. it was a tight race but despite. and the strong by the newly formed pro and white party netanyahu appears to be on track to form another quit government with the hope of right wing nation

saracens kept up the pressure on leaders exeter with a bonus point comeback win against bottom side newcastlehose stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport i will see you a bit later on. thank you, james. you always leave us wanting more! hundreds of people have been protesting in central london against brunei‘s strict new laws on homosexuality. protestors gathered outside the dorchester hotel, which is owned by the brunei investment agency. brunei has increased the punishment for sex between gay men to stoning to death, while lesbian sex will be punished by a0 lashes or ten years in jail. jon ironmonger reports. many protests start at the dorchester, but this time it‘s the target. this time, there‘s a barrier. around 200 demonstrators surrounded the 5—star hotel this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business. one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he‘s introduced are comparable to the extreme sharia laws that were imposed by isis, when it ruled in its so—called caliphate in the syria and iran. we are hoping to hit the sultan

sport going on today and it's all on the bbc sport website, including a big win for bristol over saracens", to reverse a disease which leaves people with crippling pain. the condition can also cause paralysis and is fatal in some cases. the treatment works by fine—tuning the genetic instructions locked into our dna. experts say the same approach could be used in other previously untreatable diseases. james gallagher reports. and the cows, look, moo! sue has endured pain few can imagine. she used to take strong painkillers every day due to a disease called porphyria. sue needed hospital treatment if she had a severe attack, but even morphine didn't stop the pain then. the pain, it's like nothing i've ever had before. i've had a child, i've done child labour but itjust feels like it's never going to end. this it is so, so intense, so strong that it's in your legs, in your back and itjust resonates everywhere. it's really, really unbearable. but sue's life has been transformed by a monthly injection of a new type of medicine called gene silencing. this is how it works. inside our cells are g

sport going on today and it's all on the bbc sport website — including a big win for bristol over saracense darkest incidents of colonial history. british troops opened fire on a peaceful protest, killing hundreds of unarmed men, women and children. today, the opposition leader, rahul gandhi and britain's high commissioner have laid wreaths at the site of the massacre. a month on from the terror attack on two mosques in christchurch in new zealand, which killed 50 people, a unique tribute has been held. thousands of pakistanis have marked the attack by standing in solidarity with all the victims. rahuljoglekar has more. four weeks ago, a quiet mosque in christchurch, new zealand, became the site of a deadly shooting and destroyed many lives and shook the world. here in pakistan, thousands of men gathered to recreate the mosque that came under attack, to express their solidarity with the victims who died in the shooting. translation: it felt very nice, it was so present that we were ready to stand the whole day for it, we worked really hard to make this model. nine pakistanis died during th

saracens have signed a five—year deal with spurs to play their "big game" fixture at the premier leagueen months after it was due to be operational, the billion—pound stadium will stage its first official match tomorrow night against crystal palace. sarries have played at wembley and west ham's london stadium for their showpiece league fixtures, usually against harlequins. spurs have also signed a long term deal to host american football. it's not decided yet whether sarries will play on the grass surface at spurs or the artificial pitch that lies under the pitch. there was deja vu for the four—time world snooker championjohn higgins at the china 0pen. he was knocked out in the first round byjoe 0'connor, who's ranked at 84 in the world — 80 places below him. the young player from leicester is in his first season as a professional — he was 2 frames down but won 6—2. he also beat higgins in the welsh open this year. he said it was "madness" that he'd beaten him again. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a lot of premier league ne

england international billy vunipola was booed after coming off the bench for saracens at bristol.ded an anti—gay social media post from israel folau. the rugby football union has said it intends to hold a meeting with vunipola this week. bristol beat the premiership champions 23 points to 21. there was an extraordinary finish in super league where hull fc beat catalan 31—30 with a golden point in overtime. hull were two points behind when they had this penalty from the half way line in the last minute. that was brilliantly converted by marc sneed, and with no draws in this competition that meant the next score would be the winner. up popped sneed again to finish that drop goal to the joy of those hull fc fans in perpignan. american boxer claressa shields has declared herself "the greatest woman of all time" after unifying the middleweight division. the unbeaten shields outclassed christina hammer with a unanimous decision win to add the wbo title to her wba, wba and ibf belts. afterward she called out both the undisputed welterweight champion cecilia brakhus and unbeaten british s

saracens kept up the pressure on leaders exeter with a bonus point comeback win against bottom side newcastleys have kept alive there pro 14 playoff hopes with a bonus point 31-14 playoff hopes with a bonus point 31—14 win over cheetahs in bloemfontein. centre cory allen scored their final try after full back dan evans found a gap in the cheetahs' defence. the victory also maintains their bid to make next season's european champions cup. let's have a look then at the other scores from today. connacht have narrowly beaten zebre. and scarlets currently beating at home to edinburgh, 12—0 in the first half. still to come on sportsday: (00v)we'll tell you about the football pitch in scotland that we'll tell you about the football pitch in scotland that fifa says is one of the most remarkable in the world. you cannot slack the pitch off because it is a regulated pitch from fifa. you can play football anywhere. if you can't play football on a wee pitch, you shouldn't be playing. rugby league, and st helens's100% record was ended by catalans dragons. saints were looking for a ninth straight win and g

saracens and england winger david strettle is to retire from professional rugby at the end of the season tries. he also helped sarries to two premiership titles. that's all the sport for now. goodnight. as forecast the warm spell is coming to an end. but it is a very gradual process. it will not be that cool on wednesday. temperatures still make it up to 20 degrees or so. there will be cloud and showers and all of thatis will be cloud and showers and all of that is starting to realise itself now on the satellite image, you can see the weather fronts heading in our direction. this is the story for the rest of the week. gradually the temperatures will dip away as we head towards friday and the weekend. right now there are still some oranges and yellows, that is the temperature of the atmosphere. this cold air stream from the north atla ntic cold air stream from the north atlantic will be arriving by about thursday, friday. wednesday morning, this is the temperature, 10—11 in the south, six in the north. quite fresh in aberdeen. showers from the get go across south—western parts of the uk.

the rugby champions cup final will be between saracens and champions leinster.rtson missed out on the chance of completing only the second whitewash at the world snooker championship. he beat michael georgiou 10—1 in the first round, but there's a chance it could happen this afternoon as shaun murphy leads by nine frames to nil against luo honghao. murphy won the tournament in 2005 and has started like he means business this year. returning to football. paris saint germain players wore a special kit last night following the fire at notre dame cathedral last week. players from the french champions sported the image of the famous cathedral on their shirts for the game against monaco. fans were asked to donate money to help fund the restoration project. the players' names on their shirts were all changed to read notre dame. a lovely touch. 0bviously a lovely touch. obviously it's touched many people in france and around the world. if you are a football commentator... it's tricky, isn't it? lucky paris saint—germain area isn't it? lucky paris saint—germain are a ver

the england and saracens rugby player billy vunipola has been sharply criticised for liking a socialple. vunipola's club and english rugby's governing body — the rfu — have both said they do not support his views. the rugby authorities in australia say they'll terminate folau's contract over his comments. 0verall levels of violence in england and wales appear to be falling, in spite of a recent increase in knife and gun crime. cardiff university's violence research group analysed data collected from a&e departments, minor injury units and walk—in centres — and found that the number of people who'd been wounded in a violent incident dropped slightly last year. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has this report, which contains flashing images. every day, there are more victims of knife crime. last year, more people were fatally stabbed in england and wales than at any time since records began after the second world war, but does this mean we've become a more violent society? a new study from cardiff university suggests not. researchers used data from accident and emergency depar

this morning a car plows into 8 pedestrians in sunnyvale and police believe it was intentional for saracens and joins us now with the latest on the investigation, sarah. >>in the investigation since they have go they believe that is intentional they've arrested the driver who struck. >>8 people not only in the sidewalk but also on the cross walk so. >>right now they're still investigating so keep in mind there are a few closures at old san francisco road at el camino real. sunnyvale police are still on scene. people including a 13 year-old girl or injured in this. crash it happened right here at the intersection of el camino real in sunnyvale avenue around 6.40 police say a man driving a black four-door sedan was driving westbound on el camino real and for struck a group of people waiting in the sunnyvale avenue cross walk and then hit mor people waiting at the sidewalk know in the investigation police have determined the driver did not attempt to stop or swerve out of the way the driver has been arrested at last check that that person is still police custody. we're still this morningknew t

the england and saracens forward liked a social media post by folau, who stated that "hell awaits fornce". england bowler chris woakes claims it wouldn't be morally fair to includejofra archer in england's provisional world cup squad, which is named tomorrow. archer has qualified to play for england thanks to a change in the residency rules as he's originally from barbados, but does hold a uk passport. it's thought the fast bowler will be selected at least for the warm up matches against pakistan adn ireland when he'll be given a chance to force his way in to the 15 man squad for this summer's tournament. selection is part and parcel of the game on the job that we do, so fair is probably not the right word. it probably wouldn't be fair. morally. but at the same time, it is the nature of international sport and if someone wants to miss out, it would be incredibly unlucky, but it is down to the selectors. ireland's katie taylor has been given the chance to become the undisputed lightweight world champion. taylor will face belgium's delfine persoon onjune the first on the undercard of an

the irish provincial side will face saracens of the premiership at newcastle united's st james's parkthe champions cup is starting to feel at home with leinster. it has only spent as long in the toulouse trophy cabinet as the one in dublin in its history. for a return to france, toulouse would have to defend better. the irish side were relu cta nt to better. the irish side were reluctant to wave goodbye to their trophy. it looked as if toulouse might have waved the white flight by half—time, only for a penalty in the build—up. leinster had to waitjust 12 minutes after the break to go further ahead. with toulouse chipping away, there was some french resistance. garry ringrose touched the ball down at the same time, so there was no try. leinster continued to kick them some more. no intentions of letting the trophy go anywhere just yet. amir khan says his boxing career isn't over, after he lost his world title fight against terence crawford in new york earlier this morning. khan was outclassed by the wbo welterweight champion, and was knocked down in the first round at madison square gar

saracens beat munster to reach their fourth rugby champions cup final in six seasons.inal score. he was booed throughout. he was confronted by a fan at full—time, he said, it is not something i am afraid of, i probably have to expect it is going to keep happening. both english teams lost their challenge cup semifinals. this is the second tier of european rugby. sale had won twice in france this season, but they were knocked out at la rochelle. gregory alldritt with the decisive try in their 24—20 win. and it'll be an all—french final, after clermont auvergne survived a late fightback from harlequins to beat them 32—27. great britain's fed cup tie against kazakhastan is poised at 1—1. katie boulter wasted three match points before losing her singles rubber — she said she was devastated. she took the first set against yulia putinseva at the copper box in london and she led 4—0 in the decider, but she went on to lose it on a tie break. johanna konta won the first rubber of the day, but it's all—square ahead of the decisive doubles. easy to say! now time to look at the pap

in rugby union saracens reached their fourth champions cup final in six seasons, after a convincing winred the winning try in a man of the match performance — 32—16 the final score. both english teams lost their challenge cup semi—finals. this is the second tier of european rugby. sale had won twice in france this season but they were knocked out at la rochelle, gregory alldritt with the decisive try in their 24—20 win. this is where we leave our viewers on bbc one, we will be continuing on the news channel. thank you for staying with us, it is approaching quarter to eight. mist and fog. plenty of sunshine around, except the far north—west of scotland. here we have a weather front plaguing this part of the highlands into the hebrides, bringing outbreaks of rain overnight. i was going to retreat further westwards. high pressure really fighting back for the last day or so before low pressure moves in next week and bring cool and showery conditions. today, lots of sunshine for england and were. temperatures rising quickly, with chile starts in several places. a breezy filter things, outbre

saracens — who are second — have beaten seventh placed wasps 31—111.oth crossed for the visitors after the break to seal their win. to add to leicester's woes, it's been confirmed that manu tuilagi will miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury. it's the final weekend before the playoffs in the pro 1a, all the teams are in action today. all the games are derbies — scarlets were aiming to secure at play off place against the dragons. but they failed, losing out to the dragons in an incredible game at the principality stadium stadium. this try from matthew screech levelled the scores at 32 points all in the 79th minute. then all the pressure was on fly half jason tovey to kick the conversion, which he did to seal victory by two points. the other two teams chasing that final playoff place — are benetton who are currently leading against zebre 25—6 — they started at five. and edinburgh who play glasgow later. there's been a big shock at the world snooker championship, where the three—time champion mark selby has been beaten by qualifier gary wils

he got a formal warning from the rugby football union yesterday, but his club saracens say they'll standit would be a controversial selection because he was born in barbados, but now qualifies to play for england, and some players aren't happy. a reminder you can get all the latest sport news on sportsday at half past six tonight on the bbc news channel. more at 11:15am. the bbc has announced the line—up for the 2019 proms — the world's biggest classical music festival. there will be special events featuring music ranging from jazz to hip hop and performances celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. here is a quick look at the line—up. classical music plays. applause i'm joined now by david pickard, director of bbc proms, and the violinist and conductor stephanie chilldress. thank you for coming in. hip—hop, break dancing and a nina simone from, are you programming glass memory rather than the proms?! certainly not! the promise always has had a place for popular as well as classical music we are still abutting the 150th anniversary of its founder, henry wood, who mixed the

for saracens and joins us live from aurora co with everything you need to know about round one sarah.'s right victim number one dubnation get comes because we have home court advantage it is awesome that we are able to start off around one of the playoffs right here are what a way to start off is our last time ever having a playoffs here at oracle arena now the first game is this saturday at 5 o'clock there's still tickets available if you want to definitely pricier than the normal games and the next game is going to be on monday. no that's at 7 o'clock in game 3, 4 will be in los angeles of the team won't have to travel too far that's a perk then take a look at this video of oracle arena inside their decorating for the big game getting ready for it making sure it's all sparkly for all the fans to trickle on in this is a great matchup for the warriors playing in the 8th seed team was some strong players but let's be honest. our star players have shown to be much stronger if you recall the warriors won the season series against the clippers. 3 to one this was back in november it went i

shelley the star freshman start a winning streak saracens and joins us live from the ballpark with everything you need to know if you're heading to the gate. >>well we're all looking forward to a fresh start the season and the game open are here. oracle park i got right now which is really big deal for me. the good giants in my life so i'm excited. we showed you the calendar that all fans are getting last half hour. and if you're not excited about that which some like daryn on okay because look at all the ball that you'll get throughout the season, you know they usually give something away games. my all-time favorite is a brandon crawford. i mean he looks good on a bobblehead i mean i didn't know those possible is just gorgeous gorgeous and we just look at all these and then this fun, new merchandise, his head is really cool. i mean if you get cold air is like today when the rains out tell your flaps and there's tons of new shirts for everybody check out when you come to the game this one's pretty cool too. i'm a big fan of the baseball t so can check out that when you come to the game, the o

saracens boss mark mccall has said his players will support their team—mate billy vunipola. at their comments in support of australian player israel folau... who was sacked for saying that "hail awaits for homosexuals". vunipola was jeered by supporters during their defeat to bristol in the premiership at the weekend. this group of players and staff have been together for a long this group of players and staff have been togetherfor a long period of time, and we care about each other, and we want to look out for each other. through the good and bad times as well. i have no doubt when it comes to saturday, that he will give it all for team—mates and likewise they pull for him as well. england bowler chris woa kes claims it wouldn't be "morally fair" to includejofra archer in england's provisional world cup squad — which is named tomorrow. archer has qualified to play for england thanks to a change in the residency rules... as he's originally from barbados. the fast bowler is currently playing in the ipl for rajasthan royals... and he took three wickets, including that of chris gayle, i

meanwhile england believe in a poll that has been formally warned about his conduct by his club saracens after he defended full oust post david stokes reports. israel folau is the highest profile and highest paid player in australian rugby union at least he was the fullbacks career appears to be over after he launched yet another homophobic attack on social media and ultra conservative christian he was wounded twenty seventeen for expressing his opposition to gay marriage but then last week posted this on instagram saying that all gays will go to hell if they do not repent it left australia's rugby bosses with little choice for every stranger in tikrit do you know james that israel had committed a high level breakage of the players code of conduct warranting tim a nation of has employment contract thirty year old who is not deleted the post told the sydney morning herald newspaper it would be god's will if he never played rugby again he's been a fixture for the wallabies since switching from the rules in twenty thirteen and would no doubt have played a huge part in the world cup campaign

cities like san francisco as a form of retaliation to democrats who oppose his border wall crop for saracens and joins us live from san francisco with the very latest details on this sarah. >>we're learning that president trump personally pressured homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen 2 make sure that it though those detain immigrants would be released right mere to san francisco. he's targeting nancy pelosi's district now this is all coming from sources that were close with these discussions. source says president trump's goal was to retaliate against democrats who opposed the border wall but nielsen who is forced to resign just days ago was against it. she the legal team resisted in came up with an analysis that basically killed the plan altogether. now according to this source teaches lawyers of this proposal was likely a legal white house staff were pretty much angry that the legal team would not assist them with this plan. house speaker nancy pelosi has responded calling the reporting scheme despicable and in some cases criminal. she also accused the white house of trying to use