saracens thrashed brive 55—5 to advance to the knockout phase of the european challenge cup.sult, and edinburgh also won comfortably in the challenge cup, beating pau 54—5. on day two of the grand national meeting at aintree, ahoy senor put in a superb performance to win the betway mildmay novices chase. he bounded clear of his rivals to beat fury road by five lengths, and could now target next year's cheltenham gold cup. it's another aintree victory forjockey derek fox and scottish trainer lucinda russell, who won the 2017 grand national with one for arthur and will combine with mighty thunder in saturday's big race. gb's most successful olympic canoeist liam heath has announced his retirement from competition, saying it was "time to move on". after winning bronze along withjon schofield at london 2012, the pair took silverfour years later in brazil, where heath enjoyed the highlight of his career — solo gold in the k1 200m. he won countless world and european titles, and another olympic bronze in 2020. it's day two of the masters at augusta, and all eyes have been on this m

brailsford was on hand at the finish to congratulate van barler saracens are through to the last eightafter beating cardiff by a0 points to 33. it was 16—13 at half time but sarries ran in four tries in the second half, including two from scotland international sean maitland. they'll play gloucester in the quarter—finals. english rugby sevens legend dan norton has announced his retirement from the sport following england's defeat to fiji. he leaves the game as the all—time leading try scorer in sevens series history with 354. i think it's time to hang up the boots, being with gb, i've loved being a part and amazing programmes and yet, i feel like going to start crying. so, support from all of those across the world, amazing sport and we love being involved in means everything for us. just before we go, let's just take a moment for one young newcastle united fan, who quite literally took the shirt off his favourite player's back. you'll spot him here in a second, holding a sign asking for bruno guimares�* shirt, the hero of their league win at stjames�*s park earlier, and he kindly obli

brailsford was on hand at the finish to congratulate van barler saracens are through to the last 8 ofalf time but sarries ran in four tries in the second half, including two from scotland international sean maitland. they'll play gloucester in the quarter—finals. legendary english rugby sevens legend dan norton has announced his retirement from the sport following england's defeat to fiji. he leaves the game as the all—time leading try scorer in sevens series history with 354. i think it's time to hang up the boots, being with gb, i've loved being a part and amazing programmes and yet, ifeel like being a part and amazing programmes and yet, i feel like going to start crying. so, support from all of those across the world, amazing sport and we love being involved in means everything for us. rob key is the new managing director of england men's cricket. key played for england and kent, and has been a television pundit and commentator since retiring from the game. he takes on the role from andrew strauss, who had stepped in on an interim basis following the sacking of ashley giles in feb

saracens thrashed brive 55—5 to advance to the knockout phase of the european challenge cup.ildmay novices chase. he bounded clear of his rivals to beat fury road by five lengths and could now target next year's cheltenham gold cup. it's another aintree victory forjockey derek fox and scottish trainer lucinda russell, who won the 2017 grand national with one for arthur and will combine with mighty thunder in saturday's big race. gb�*s most successful olympic canoeist liam heath has announced his retirement from competition, saying it was "time to move on". after winning bronze along withjon schofield at london 2012, the pair took silverfour years later in brazil, where heath enjoyed the highlight of his career — solo gold in the k1200m. he won countless world and european titles, and another olympic bronze in 2020. it's day two of the masters at augusta, and all eyes have been on this man. but it didn't start off well for tiger woods, dropping four shots in five holes on his front nine. however, it's been a better day for south african charl schwartzel, who's in contention af

saracens are through to the last eight of the european challenge cup, after beating cardiff by a0 pointsies ran in four tries in the second half, including two from scotland international sean maitland. they'll play gloucester in the quarter—finals. rob key is the new managing director of england men's cricket. key played for england and kent, and has been a television pundit and commentator since retiring from the game. he takes on the role from andrew strauss, who had stepped in on an interim basis following the sacking of ashley giles in february. the invictus games get under way on today. it's the first since the pandemic began, with the netherlands hosting this year. founder of the games, prince harry attended the opening ceremony alongside his wife, meghan markle, to welcome athletes from across the globe. the invictus games is an international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans. that's all the sport for now. keep an eye on the bbc sport website this afternoon. with the fa cup semi final later and the latest from the scottis

saracens are through to the last eight of the european challenge cup, after beating cardiff by 40 pointstries in the second half, including two from scotland international sean maitland. they'll play gloucester in the quarter—finals. rob key is the new managing director of england men's cricket. key played for england and kent, and has been a television pundit and commentator since retiring from the game. he takes on the role from andrew strauss, who had stepped in on an interim basis following the sacking of ashley giles in february. that's all the sport for now. it isa it is a busy day. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport i will have more for you throughout the day. thank you so much, holly. great to have you with us. the archbishop of canterbury has strongly criticised the government's plan to send some people to rwanda who've arrived illegally in britain. in his easter sermon, justin welby said the policy did not stand the "judgment of god". the home office said the the uk has a proud history of supporting those in need and change w

let's check in with saracens issues falling for the news. my sarah. >> good morning. that's right. negotiations between twitter and elon musk reportedly went overnight and continued early this morning. a deal is closer than ever to being reached. word got out quick causing twitter to soar on the stock market. twitter's board yesterday they met to discuss musk's 43 billion dollar bid to buy the company. bloomberg reported this morning. the twitter is in the final stretch of negotiations. they say twitter is working out the terms of the transaction for its shareholders. last week musk said he secured funding for his unsolicited bid to buy the company for 5 for $54.20 per share on the social media site right now. rest in peace. twitter is trending. many people have their opinions about musk owning twitter but twitter stock doesn't seem to be dead at all. just checked twitter stock is up nearly 3% selling it $50 and $0.33 a share. it's a very fast pace, fluid situation between twitter and musk. that's why we're here in the newsroom following the latest. a deal could be reached any minu

i'm saracens reporting live in san francisco. acted you going recover it. are you going to be there happens and did you bring a gas mask? are you doing a double got to get out here but points to crazy. me too. i mean, i like to make jokes. thank you very much. i don't know yet. >> 6.10, right now. let's go to the south bay where a man was arrested in connection with at home depot fire. that happened in san jose. >> police say this 27 year-old man named dylan j crew's gold started the fire while trying to steal from the store. santa clara county's da says that a home depot employee stopped go, but that he managed to get away from the scene and continue his theft spree at a nearby macy's county and city officials are thankful that nobody was hurt. >> a fire that could be detected from outer space and within feet of hundreds of homes. steinbeck elementary school and many, many other. sensitive. locations in our city. >> more than 100 firefighters worked to put that fire out. it ended up destroying 17 million dollars worth of home depot's inventory. and goga is

in rugby union's premiership, saracens have moved a step closer, to securing their place in the end of leaders leicester. defeat sees sale stay 5th, a point off the top half. st helens have gone top of the super league after thumping leeds rhinos 26 nil. jonny lomax rounding off the win with this brilliant try on a painful night for the home side at headingly. britain's georgia hall has fallen back a little bit, at the first women's major of the year. she shot a second round of 71 to stay in contention at the chevron championship in california but is now four strokes off the lead held byjapan's, hinako shibuno, on nine under par. there was snooker of the highest quality in the tour championship in llandudno, last night, with ronnie o'sullivan hitting five centuries, but still losing out to neil robertson in the semi—final. it finished 10—9 to the australian, who is the defending champion, and he'll go on to face either, luca brecel, orjohn higgins in the final. five centuries and he still lost. he loves to five centuries and he still lost. loves to play five centuries and he still lost

saracens are through to the last eight of the european challenge cup, after beating cardiff by a0 pointsthe announcement came two days afterjoe root stepped down as england captain. key played for england and kent, and has been a television pundit and commentator since retiring from the game. he takes on the role from andrew strauss, who'd stepped in on an interim basis following the sacking of ashley giles in february. and ronnie o'sullivan is through to the second round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. he beat david gilbert by ten frames to five, as he goes in search of a record equalling seventh world title at the crucible. always good value, trying to get the seventh record equalling title. tie seventh record equalling title. he is seventh record equalling title. the: is always so chill. seventh record equalling title. he is always so chill. a _ seventh record equalling title. he is always so chill. a great - seventh record equalling title. he is always so chill. a great to - is always so chill. a great to watch. is always so chill. a great to watch- he — is always so