here's the saracens flanker vicki fleetwood. fleetwood. i think everyone understood that _ fleetwood. i think everyone understood that the - fleetwood. i think everyone understood that the health | fleetwood. i think everyone i understood that the health of fleetwood. i think everyone - understood that the health of the nation is more important than rugby at this time, and the fact that the men's premiership and ourselves took that two week break, i think it was the right thing to do. so yeah, we are all really excited to get going this weekend, having those lateral flow tests coming in for the women's games will be really important, for us to be able to continue to play. for those people who aren't full—time with a rugby, it's really important for them to know that they're safe as well, and they're coming in and not spreading anything. so it's really important for everyone. anything. so it's really important for everyone-— anything. so it's really important for everyone. vicki fleetwood has it, there for everyone. vicki fleetwo

vicki - fleetwood therefrom saracens let's see how it goes. fleetwood therefrom saracens talking to our reporterjo currie. let's quickly round up some of the day's other stories now. potter carrington says that if... contest against the united states, it will be a seriously big party, he says. the event was postponed last year because of coronavirus. charlie delahunt is on the verge of crossing the line in the bond a globe. but he might not be the overall winner. that depends on when other two sailors finished. they've been awarded time compensation as they helped with the rescue of a stricken fellow competitor back in november. and fawad alam's third test century helped pakistan to an 88—run lead on the second day of the first test against south africa. fawad, who returned to the squad last year after a ten—year absence, reached 109 off 21r5 balls in karachi. that's a tease of one of the stories coming up. cricket has been dealing with allegations of racism and a lack of diversity in recent months. and today, new survey results from the profe

the former england flanker alex sanderson has left saracens after 17 years, to take over as directorarks. sanderson joined sarries as a player in 2004 and became part of the coaching team there 12 years ago. with sale, he's back at the club where he made more than 100 appearances, and he succeeds steve diamond, who stepped down in december after a decade in the role. england's netballers will be playing a three—match series against a superleague all stars side next week. this replaces the games against jamaica that were postponed because of the pandemic. the matches will be played behind closed doors at their training base in loughborough, with strict covid protocols in place. they'll be up against international stars who play for superleague clubs. we have the last of the quarterfinals at the masters snooker today. ronnie 0'sullivan plastohn higgins later, but at the table already, stephen maguire is taking on yan bingtao in milton keynes. they've just started the second frame. these are live pictures from milton keynes. stephen maguire has lost the first frame against yan bingtao.

the former england flanker alex sanderson has left saracens after 17 years to take over as director ofecond day of the first test. only 53 overs played today. but in that time, captainjoe root moved from 66 to 168 not out, making good on his promise to bring in some big scores. and there was an impressive debut for dan lawrence, too. joe wilson was watching. from sri lanka to everywhere, the world hopes this year might be better than the last. well, forjoe root, it already is. sublime, 100 number 18 forjoe root. in 2020, he never got to 100. in his first test innings of 2021, the captain made it. it's alljust numbers, but look how it changes the mood. now, watch this shot closely. crucially, root hits it into the ground, so even though it bounces up off his glove and is caught, it is not out. the sri lanka coach saw it differently. mickey arthur wears his heart on his sleeve, near that bottle. england just batted on. this is dan lawrence's international debut, a technique made in essex seemed to travel beautifully. and root at ease at his best, attack, batting past 150 and making the h

the former england flanker alex sanderson has left saracens after 17 years to take over as director ofors at their training base in loughborough, with strict covid protocols in place. they'll be up against international stars who play for superleague clubs. ben ainslie's, ineos team uk, have made a great start in their bid to qualify for the america's cup. they won their opening two races of the challenger series in auckland, having struggled forform in recent weeks. ainslie and tactician giles scott, helped beat crews from the usa and italy. stephen maguire takes on yan bingtao in the quarter—finals of the masters snooker in milton keynes this afternoon — that starts at one o'clock and it's live on the iplayer, as well as the bbc sport website and app. and the winner has a match against the defending champion stuart bingham to look forward to, after he beat shaun murphy by 6 frames to 3. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you, see you a little later on. let's bring you some news through from the office for national to to six but not the sort o

your saracens team is not in the first run of rugby at the moment because of what happened last year,w, i find rugby, i find training, is enjoyable for me, so it doesn't really feel like work. so whenever i go to training or go to by, whenever i go to training or go to rugby, it's a release. but in other ways, i love pod cast, i love listening to podcast. i've recently started liking going on walks as a result of lockdown and stuff, so there's a number of different things that i do to try and relax. good to catch up with you today. the giant clock behind you tells us it is time fetish this interview, u nfortu nately. really fetish this interview, unfortunately. really nice to see you, thank you very much. ifi you, thank you very much. if i get selected is probably one of the funniest lines i've heard for a while! i don't think there is any doubt about that. thank you very much to maro itoje, and to you for listening as well. i will be back tomorrow morning on the sofa with roger, but for the time being, goodbye, have a lovely weekend. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for vie