one of those was bringing in fly—halfjonny sexton, who was captured, captaining ireland for the firstn the second try, picking out a rampaging 0'mahony to go over to score. they added a third before the break, going on at halftime, but then jonny before the break, going on at halftime, but thenjonny sexton didn't emerge for the second half, and ireland lost a little bit of fluency after that. they lost their rhythm a little bit. but the most important thing for them was coming here, scoring four tries and leaving with a winning bonus points, and they secured that with 15 minutes to go when andrew conway sprinted clear to score ireland's fourth try. they added a fifth before the game finished, the game finished 35—0 ireland, they got what they came for, now they have the luxury of nine days to prepare for their final group game against samoa. thursday's early game saw fiji beat georgia 45—10 for their first win in three games. it was 7—3 at half—time, but the tries flowed after the interval — six of them, in fact, with semi radradra running in two of his own. they are now second in poo

samoa were holding up about as well as the turf, giving up a try soon after, this time, johnny sextonalready looked out of sight. this may be samoa's last game of the world cup but they were determined to leave their mark. the only real downside for ireland was this. a dangerous tackle and a red card for bundee aki. even with only 14 men, ireland were too much for samoa, that bonus point was wrapped up before half—time, johnny sexton again, relief all round. after that, ireland cruised clear, and economy put the finishing touches on a comprehensive win. ireland through, but whether or not they topple pool a is outside their control. it is job done for ireland, who will now face either new zealand or south africa in the quarterfinals, which one depends on what does or doesn't happen tomorrow. unfortunately, with the performance againstjapan, we kind of lost control of that. but we also knew that ten points from the next two games would guarantee us quarterfinals. we have done that and willjust have to see what happens tomorrow. i think there is a bit more uncertainty at this time. the

the pick of those from jonny sexton, who scampered over to score and then dusted himself off to convert20 minutes and it seemed ireland could do no wrong. but it wasn't all plain sailing, they did have a player sent off as well, a red card for a dangerous tackle, making contact with their head. that is most likely his world cup over. ireland needed to regroup at that point and they did so. remember, they need four tries to secure the bonus point. they wrapped it up before the break. jonny sexton again, their talisman, with the fourth try, finished the first half 26-5 fourth try, finished the first half 26—5 and ireland have since stretched their lead. they now lead 33-5, stretched their lead. they now lead 33—5, they are on course for a place in the quarterfinals where they would most likely face the all blacks. katy, many thanks indeed. scotland will learn tonight if their match with hosts japan in yokohama tomorrow is to go ahead. there's a pitch inspection at10pm uk time, as organisers assess the damage following typhoon hagibis. the scottish rugby union believe they have a legal cas

but they went on to secure that all important bonus point try — who else butjonny sexton clinching it see whether they go through as pool winners or runners up. the republic of ireland have maintained their unbeaten record in euro 2020 qualifying, drawing 0—0 with georgia in tibilisi. the result means ireland stay top of their group ahead of denmark, who beat switzerland. in a largely lacklustre match of few chances, ireland had the opportunity to grab victory late on but brighton's aaron connolly missed two good chances. the republic's next match is away at switzerland on tuesday. there has been british success at the world gymnastics championships today with olympic champion max whitlock regaining his title in the pommel horse event after an impressive routine in stuggart. ireland's rhys mcclenaghan finished third, becoming the first irish gymnast to win a world medal. for whitlock, though, this is his third world title. this time, for some reason, i'm speechless. i can't believe it. i got so emotional. i've got pins and needles in my fingers. i'm so happy. i'm so happy with that, i

this is the first on the fly half, atjohnny sexton n ireland and it was essential.ns when the mood more, and they obliged with a little help. eventually conway clipped them into gear, sprinting fee for the fourth try to earn a vital bonus point. russia lost tojc in the building to the world cup but they made life difficult here for ireland, before garry ringrose rounded things off. ireland are back on track but leave a lot to be desired. the number one priority for ireland was to leave at the bonus point and they have done that and now they have the luxury of nine days to prepare for their final group k dominic game against samoa. the number one priority was to win with the bonus point and now they have the luxury of 90 days to prepare for the final group game against samoa. it's called the hundred — that's the number of balls each side will face. the authority in england, the ecb, hopes the new version of the game will capitalise on england's world cup success, and introduce a new audience to cricket. 0ur sports editor, dan roan reports from the launch today, in lo

johnny sexton will captain for the first time.f the forwards will start their first game of the tournament. england's world cup—winning captain eoin morgan is one of the players to have made themselves available for the hundred player draft later this month. the new 100—ball competition will take place next summer and be made up of eight city—based teams. after over 140 years of racing, towcester, the course where ap mccoy rode his 4000th winner, has been permanenetly closed. it went into administration last year, its ten race—days in the calendar will be re—allocated. it's been a rest day the world cup today, a chance for the 10's of thousands of rugby fans to further enjoy their hosts hospitality. the tournament has been agreat success so far, as japan looks to secure a lasting legacy for the sport and the fans have contributed to that. here's our sports correspondent katie gornall. # and we were singing...#. they came here for the rugby... come on, scotland, yes! ..but this world cup is shaping up to be special both on and off

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samoa were holding up about as well as it up, giving up on a try soon after, this time, johnny sextonthe only real downside for ireland was this. a dangerous tackle and a red ca rd this. a dangerous tackle and a red card for bundee aki. even with only 14 card for bundee aki. even with only 1a men, ireland were too much for samoa, that bonus point was wrapped up samoa, that bonus point was wrapped up before half—time, johnny sexton again, relief all round. after that, ireland accrues clear, and economy put the finishing touches on a comprehensive win. ireland is for you, but whether or not they topple ais you, but whether or not they topple a is outside their control. it is job done for ireland who will now face either new zealand or south africa in the quarterfinals, which depends on what does or doesn't happen tomorrow. i think this a bit more uncertainty at this time. the last time we play france, we knew it would be playing argentina, there was some certainty that we could do to prepare for that. it is a bit awkward because we have to wait until the final game in the pool and find

buck sexton hosts "the buck sexton show," and he joins us now.t's interesting about this is the legal pleading here makes it look as if they deliberately at the highest level set out to create the conditions in which general flynn would commit a so-called "crime" by misremembering as it were. >> some of this builds on what we already know. we know the interview -- this could have been a logan act violation which anybody knows that it's not a crime anyone's been charged with. it was really an ambush interview. they try to make sure he did not inform white house counsel, make sure that he was not prepared for this, discover and see the fbi agents lied or thought heen was lying, where they hiding of exculpatory evidence after the fact and trying to use that they were able to pressure general flynn into a plea bargain right away, and now it's all done and over with. a federal judge can say hold on a second, maybe we need you need to take a look at this, hold people in contempt on the prosecutorial side, and they should drop all charges and drop the g

buck sexton has been keeping track. he joins us.iously people who care deeply, the countries that cared so much about childhood obesity in 2015 probably cared every bit as much in 2017, i'm guessing. three or know? >> we have the results of the experiment. i was. at cnn during the election. i would say things to people like we all understand the clinton foundation and the clinton global initiative, there's a lot of shady stuff going on there and they would feign abject stupidity. of course not. it's just a charity. just like they are doing now with hunter biden. i saw some of this on sunday. $50,000. is that illegal? well, it looks disgusting and it could be illegal. maybe we should investigate. looking specifically at the clinton they had a drop after she lost the election of 50%, tens of millions of dollars. is guess all of sudden climate change, women's empowerment in childhood obesity didn't matter quite as much folks. the clinton global initiative was shut down. dozens of people were fired. they had actually go through the new

this is the first on the fly half, atjohnny sexton n ireland and it was essential.ore, and they obliged with a little help. eventually conway clipped them into gear, sprinting fee for the fourth try to earn a vital bonus point. russia lost to jc in try to earn a vital bonus point. russia lost tojc in the building to the world cup but they made life difficult here for ireland, before garry ringrose rounded things off. ireland are back on track but leave a lot to be desired. the number one priority for ireland was to leave at the bonus point and they have done that and now they have the luxury of nine days to prepare for their final group k dominic game against samoa. fiji finally found tehir flair as they bounced back from a shock defeat of their own against uruguay, beating georgia 45 points to ten. they scored six second half tries, and play wales in their final group game next wednesday. fiji are likely to finish at least third in the pool — and with that gain qualification for the 2023 world cup. south africa played italy tomorrow. england are the next of the hom

johnny sexton will captain ireland for the first time, in their rugby world cup pool match against russiasday, the returning fly—half is one of 11 changes to the side that lost to the hosts japan on saturday. and after over 140 years of racing, towcester, the course where ap mccoy rode his 4000th winner, has been permanenetly closed. it went into administration last year, its 10 race—days in the calendar will be re—allocated. eight months on from surgery on his hip, the former tennis world no. 1 andy murray has had his second win on the main tour since returning to singles. he has beaten the world number 13 matteo berrettini 7—6, 7—6. he's through to the second round of the china open in beijing, he will now meet british no 3 cameron norrie. just not being in pain now is making tennis a little bit more fun so the practice and the preparation for tournaments, it's a lot easier. you know, the last few years, that really wasn't the case and i was finding it all really stressful, wasn't getting much enjoyment out of it. so, you know, it's a little bit different now, which is nice. well done t

well with those two playing economicjohnny sexton saw a lot rests on his shoulders. to be strong favourites. thank you. the premier league returns after the international break — dan walkerjoins us to tell us what's on football focus later. what a weekend, everything is going on. sport, politics. at 12 o'clock you are watching bbc one, football focuses on, a fantastic and actual. 0ne focuses on, a fantastic and actual. one of the big games as manchester united against liverpool, manchester united against liverpool, manchester united struggling, liverpool looking for 18 premier league wins in a row which would be a joint record. we have also spent a bit of time in manchester talking to juan have also spent a bit of time in manchester talking tojuan mata. he spoke about the appreciation of the fans. what is it like compared to spain? they will come up more and spain. this is my guy. what is it about the fun connection because you love to stop and sign for them? football without fans would be the same, we all then at least to give our best in every single game and after

zealand's quest for a 3rd street title they've beaten the all blacks twice since the last world cup jonny sextonas a lonely figure with solo kicking practice on the eve of the match but says his team are ready the guys are going in fresh and. ready to go but. you know we've had reached like that where we haven't performed we've had weeks of time where everything's gone perfectly played brilliant so nothing really counts until tomorrow kickoff time and we've got to produce the goods then dan bigger returns to wales starting line up for sunday's clash with france the fly half missed the last pool match with a concussion the squad is back to full strength with a return of jonathan davies and hadley parks well the houston raw astro's are on the verge of their 2nd appearance in 3 years in baseball's world series they opened up a 31 lead on the yankees in the american league championship series with a victory in new york on thursday george springer and carlos crabb sparse sparking of the astros to an 83 when both getting 3 run homer is the yankees will hope to make home advantage count in game 4 later

in comes conor murray, johnny sexton returns at fly half and we will see robbie henshaw play for thee in the world cup. he's missed the first three games with a hamstring injury. it is a strong sidejoe with a hamstring injury. it is a strong side joe schmidt with a hamstring injury. it is a strong sidejoe schmidt has named. he knows ireland have to beat samoa with a bonus point. ireland are very much wanting to wrap things up and not leave anything to chance. it's going to be anything to chance. it's going to be a nervy and uncertain 2a hours for all the parties concerned. australia have played their final match in pool d. a bonus point win against georgia. the weather was terrible but it was still a fairly laboured performance from the wallabies, that score from the win and koroibete was the pick of their four tries. they go top of the pool for now. wales should finish on top with a win over uruguay on sunday which would then set upa uruguay on sunday which would then set up a quarterfinal against france. australia face england in the last eight. warren gatland has made 13 changes t

rory best, tadg furlong and jonny sexton means ireland are already thre etries to the good — four earnsr a high tackle in 29th minute. in what is the only match being played today, two were cancelled because of typhoon hagebiss. scotland will learn tonight if their match with japan tomorrow goes ahead, there's a pitch inspection at10pm. the scottish rugby union believe they have a legal case against the game's governing body. gregor townsend's side facing elimination from the tournament if the game is cancelled. and with irleand winning comfortably, they must beat japan if that game goes ahead. and if you wanted to knowjust how bad the weather is injapan at the moment... have a look at this... it's the japanese team trying to navigate their way out to training in tokyo ahead of that crucial match against scotland tomorrow. some of them happier than others to get their feet wet. kenya's eliud kipchoge has become the first person to run a sub two hour marathon. his time of1 hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds was completed in vienna this morning but wont go down as an offical world record

ireland's bundee aki was sent off in the 29th minute, but seven tries — including two from johnny sexton a convincing victory. their opponents in the last eight will be scotland orjapan, but that match could still be cancelled because of typhoon hagibis in yokohama. i think there is a bit more uncertainty this time. the last time we played france, we knew we would be playing argentina, there was some certainty in what we could do to prepare for that. it is a bit awkward because we have to wait until the final game in the pool and find out then exactly who we may be playing. great britain have claimed a gold, silver and bronze medal today at the world gymnastics championships. olympic champion max whitlock regained the pommel title — his third world gold. becky downie took silver on the uneven bars, while her younger sister, ellie, got the bronze on the vault. there's more on the bbc sport website, including news from the republic of ireland's goalless draw against georgia in their euro 2020 qualifier. that's it. from me and the team, have a very good night. hello, once again, we'll updat

johnny sexton will captain ireland for the first time in their rugby world cup pool match against russiast to the hosts japan on saturday. ireland's fate is still in their own hands, they'll be sure of a quarterfinal place if they record bonus—point wins against russia and samoa in theirfinal game. that's all the sport for now. good morning. we've all had ourfair share of rain, haven't we, just recently? i'm sure you're well aware of the flooding rains but we have had through the north of england. but they have gradually drifted their way south—east over the last few hours and we are seeing a slow improvement. so the sharp, thundery downpours easing as well in the south—east, and they will continue to clear. by dawn, temperatures are going to be the talking point, not the rain. and in fact, with the northerly wind kicking in, temperatures filed away quite sharply, so we're going to be greeted with some blue tones, temperate as close to freezing in places. so yes, a touch of frost first thing this morning, it is going to be chilly compared to late. so we start off on that chilly note but

johnny sexton will captain ireland for the first time, in their rugby world cup pool match against russiahalf one of 11 changes to the side that lost to the hosts japan on saturday. seven of the forwards will start their first game of the tournament. ireland's fate is still in their own hands. they'll be sure of a quarter—final place with a bonus—point win against the russians and then samoa in their final pool game. it is something i have thought about it since i was a kid, i have made a lot of decisions around trying to get there one day. it's taken a while, but it was worth the wait. i feel incredibly proud. but i want to be captain now of a good performance and a good win in a world cup game, so that's my main focus. dan biggar should be available for their game against fiji a week tomorrow. he went off with a head injury in the first half of their victory over australia on sunday, but he's recovering well. he is symptom—free at the minute and doing as he normally would but as far as doing as he normally would but as farasi doing as he normally would but as far as i understand it, he

coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, johnny sexton's going to captain ireland force russia at the rugby world cup injapan on thursday. he is one of 11 changes to the side. sir mo farah's former coach, alberto salazar, has been found guilty of breaking anti—doping rules, and will be banned from the sport for four years. the american coach, who ran the prestigious nike oregon project, has been under investigation by officials in the united states since a bbc panorama programme first revealed allegations against him in 2015. mark daly, who was the reporter on that panorama programme, has this exclusive report. he is the man who helped turn sir mo farah into britain because my greatest ever track athlete. world—renowned coach of the nike oregon project, alberto salazar, pictured just days ago at the world championships in johar, has pictured just days ago at the world championships injohar, has been found guilty of breaking anti—doping rules. he has been banned forfour yea rs rules. he has been banned forfour years after an investigation by the anti—doping agency. a pa

the importance of sexton was underlined by that shock defeat to the hosts, and coach joe schmidt will quarterfinal place with bonus—point wins in their last two pool games. they also face samoa. it's a massive honour. i spoke to joe this morning. i only found out myself in the last few hours, i haven't even had the chance to tell my family haven't even had the chance to tell myfamily are haven't even had the chance to tell my family are anything but i'm sure they will be very proud as well. something i had thought about since i was something i had thought about since iwasa something i had thought about since i was a kid. something something i had thought about since iwas a kid. something i've something i had thought about since i was a kid. something i've made a lot of decisions around trying to get there one day and it's taken a while, but it was worth the wait and i feel incredibly proud. i want to be captain and have a good performance. that's my main focus. i don't think anything changes, really for me. that's all the sport for now. the bbc website has much more reaction to the fo

they've made a very strong side for this game, 11 changes from the win over russia, jonny sexton comingf and robbie henshaw making his first appearance at this world cup. it is appearance at this world cup. it is a crucial game for ireland. they need to win with a bonus point which involves scoring four tries to make sure they guarantee themselves a place in the quarterfinals. anything less and they will be reliant on what happens in the scotland and japan game if it goes ahead. they will not want to play that nervous waiting game, they will want to wrap things up here so it is a big game for them. for scotland, they have to prepare as best they can and wait for the decision to come overnight tonight to see whether or not the game is going to go ahead against japan. exactly. the scotland players are holed up in the hotel, they've mentally got to prepare for this game, don't know what drills they'll be able to carry out in the hotel but that game is on the line. we don't know what is going to happen and world rugby have said there will bea and world rugby have said there will be a stadiu

buck sexton, that's front and center on his mind.iven what's going on there, does it help us in terms of a trade deal? does it make china more likely to wanted to join forces with us? what effect do these forces have? >> i think they are trying to balance out what is a core interest for his administration and the american people and the economy. i totally agree with gordon. this is a showdown between the freed world and totalitarian world. the administration hasn't been strong on the side of freedom. president trump can tweet in ways that change a news cycle in an instant and he hasn't gone after the chinese for this crackdown. it sends signals to taiwan down the road. if china decides that they are going to allow this system to continue on there will be is the possibility you will see other places where china wants top exert its will. wait a minute, maybe the chinese aren't the inyou are mourn thible obstacle to freedom we thought they were in the past. >> this has been both political parties, the permanent political class in washin

carley: buck sexton says it has been a democrats plan from the start and they are starting to panic.here is a little bit of panic. you've seen articles about democrats wondering if joe biden is not the front runner, can we really beat this guy? there are concerns about that. that is where impeachment comes in. they will put this to the floor and impeach this president. they've been meaning to do that all along and that is why -- they didn't get enough out of the mueller investigations so now you have this effort which looks coordinated behind the scenes. trump is in the middle of trench warfare politically. he is trying to fight his way out of it. rob: they hoped to complete the inquiry in the coming weeks but it could last into early next year. >> the urgent search for missing west point cadet growing larger. k karina went missing yesterday along with his rifle. 130 more soldiers have been brought in with helicopters and dive teams searching the area near the military academy. authorities believe carita may be nearby because his phone hasn't been used in 72 hours. heather: fate of s

. >> shannon: a former cia official buck sexton tweeted about 500,000 human beings were killed in syriahile barack obama was president, leaving for a political settlement so that civil war -- outraged in the last 72 hours and they were at any point during seven years of slaughter, ask why. >> what you make of the media coverage? >> it's been remarkable and hypocritical. it used to be a valued trait especially on the democratic side and on the media is if there's a difference, to want to do diplomacy, to want to try to use soft power or smart power before you resort to military force and that's what trump -- he inherited in a bad situation and is trying to do in writing a letter, engaging in personal diplomacy with turkish president erdogan saying "listen, i can destroy your economy, we do it almost once with pastor bronson when you had him locked up, we can do it again. we can also make a deal and here's a proposal that has come from the kurds." he is doing real diplomacy, using the bully pulpit of the presidency, that should be something we want. that should be met with bipartisan appr

. >> former cia official book sexton tweeted this. 500,000 human beings were killed in syria while barack obama was president and leading for a political settlement to that civil war. media has been more outraged in the last 72 hours over a syria policy than they were in any point during 7 years of slaughter. ask why. >> what do you make of the media coverage. >> it has been remarkable and hypocritical used to be a value trade on the democratic side and the media side as if there's a difference to want to do diplomacy, to want to try to use soft power or smart power before you resort to military force and that is what trump, inherited a bad situation is trying to do, in writing a letter, engaging in personal diplomacy saying i can destroy your economy. we did it almost once with pastor brunson when you had him locked up, we can do it again but we can also make a deal and here's the proposal that has come from the kurds so he is doing real diplomacy using the bully pulpit of the presidency. that should be something we want and meets bipartisan approval before this other new standards came

howard: joining us to analyze the coverage in new york, bob sexton, and here in the washington, marlaorter for npr. what do you make of anderson cooper declaring in advice that biden and his son had done nothing wrong? >> it wasn't a good moment at all for anderson cooper. if you think he's an objective journalist -- i don't, so it didn't surprise me. look, the fact of the matter is that you could make the case that there's nothing criminal in what we already know hunter biden did. but hunter biden has admitted that he messed up. so to say there was no wrong here, there was no wrongdoing is just not in keeping with the facts. and i think that's where you see cnn trying to help effectively make this go away with for the person who's the democrat front-runner still which that, i do, find surprising. hunter biden got this job knowing that it's because of who his father was. the same as the job in china which, by the way, he just stepped down from that board. and for the media to try and make this go away just adds to the narrative that they're playing favorites and they're not trying to

former cia analyst buck sexton, jonah former aid to president barack obama.for the "wall street journal." bill, your take on what you read from the opening statement from the acting ambassador and where this stands now. >> bret: well, i would like to see more. we have a lot of these things going on behind closed doors. i would like to see more. that statement doesn't look good for the president. but there are other staples thastaples -- statements that contradict that i think the president has a legitimate beef when he says this isn't being done in a fair and sort of above board manner. >> bret: jonah? >> i think the president needs to stop playing the victim and start playing president of the united states of america. i mean, if we look at the issues on hand right now, we have got a question of whether the president is following a national security process. and i think between what's happening here with the testimony, and what we have and the real legitimate questions that people have, and then what's happening in syria, and the fact of the russians are now

buck sexton though says around 500,000 human beings were killed in syria while barack obama was presidentolitical settlement to a civil war. the media has been more outraged in the last 72 hours over the syria policy than they were at any point during seven years of slaughter. ask why. how, i guess, is this playing in middle america despite what we are hearing here in washington? >> i think after look at polls that, but a couple things are indicators. number one, people at rallies, i saw a story yesterday i think in "the washington post" about people attended president trump rally who were supportive of what he was doing. so the president in terms of his strategy is selling the decision, talking about i don't want to have endless wars. i told people i would bring troops home and that's what i'm doing. that said, another part of his political base is a very critical part, the evangelicals undercut evangelicals were not happy about this decision and saying that openly. so that's middle america too. >> bret: you got questions, counter questions, all kinds. >> but i do think is genuine impuls

and johnny sexton will captain ireland for the first time when they face russia at the rugby world cupe that lost to the hosts japan at the weekend. i'll be back with more on those stories. for years, we've been told to eat less red or processed meat to reduce our chance of developing cancer, but now a new study has cast doubt on that advice. an international team of experts has concluded there's little evidence to support it and the risks from eating bacon, sausages or steak has been overstated. but the study has caused widespread controversy, with one scientist condemning it as "dangerously misguided". our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, reports. there have been repeated studies linking red and especially processed meat with heart disease and cancer. the current guidance from the government advises people to eat no more than 70g of red and processed meat a day, equivalent to two rashers of bacon or 1.5 pork sausages. now, a team of international experts has reviewed existing data and found only weak evidence that it is worth trying to cut back. it's worth stressing that they did

johnny sexton will captain ireland for the first time in their rugby world cup pool match against russiato the hosts japan on saturday. ireland's fate is still in their own hands, they'll be sure of a quarterfinal place if they record bonus—point wins against russia and samoa in theirfinal game. bad news for manchester city in the champions league tonightstar man kevin de roon is out of the match against dinamo zagreb because of a groin strain. he picked up the injury in city's 3—1win at everton at the weekend. no timeframe has been given yet for de bruyne's return. towcester racecourse in northamptonshire is going to close permanently. there's been no racing there since may last year and it went into administration a few months later with debts of over one million pounds. the first meeting took place there in 1876. it's ten fixtures in the jump racing calendar will be moved to other courses. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. a lot more reacting to the ban for alberto salazar. i will be joined by our sports editor. thank you, olly foster. more now on the violent clashes in ho

johnny sexton comes back in, conor murray, robbie henshaw for the first time in this world cup.eir own hands and guarantee a place in the quarterfinal. anything less and they will be waiting on the result of scotland's game against japan tomorrow which, as we know, is under threat from the weather. ireland very much wanting to keep this in their own hands. what's the latest with regards to scotland's game. we've been hearing from scotland fans this morning, desperately hoping it goes ahead and they can get the chance to earn their spot in the quarterfinals but world rugby waiting until the last minute to decide whether it goes ahead. exactly that. the situation at the moment is a file and win here with a bonus point, if scotland's game gets cancelled that women scotland goes home because the cancellation would mean it was down as a draw —— that would mean scotland go home. world by would mean scotland go home. world rugby say they will do a pitch inspection in the yokohama stadium 6am japanese time tomorrow and they will make the decision a couple of hours after that and there i

johnny sexton will captain ireland for the first time in their rugby world cup pool match against russiae side that lost to the hosts japan on saturday. ireland's fate is still in their own hands, they'll be sure of a quarter—final place if they record bonus—point wins against russia and samoa in theirfinal game. something i've thought about since i was a kid, something i've made a lot of decisions around, trying to get there, and it's taken a while, but it was worth the wait and am feeling quite proud. i want to be captain now with a good performance and a good win in a world cup game so that's my main focus. towcester racecourse in northamptonshire is going to close permanently. there's been no racing there since may last year and it went into administration a few months later with debts of over £1 million. the first meeting took place there in 1876. it's 10 fixtures in the jump racing calendar will be moved to other courses that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. the duchess of sussex has started legal action against the mail on sunday newsp

tojapan and the high 11 changes since the side that lost to japan and the high profile is johnny sexton build up a lot has been said about the conditions in kobe and as you can hear, the rain is pretty bad, but the players will be under the roof, in the stadium, but they will have to cope with heat and humidity, which is something scotland struggled with against samoa. they willjust be looking for a positive result here to get their world cup back on track. katie, go and get warm and dry and find yourself a nice cup of tea! katie gornall in kobe. the glamour of foreign reporting! after a busy summer of cricket, attention is already turning to next year and a new domestic comptition called the hundred. this is what it's all about. 100 balls, the best players in the world, eight brand—new teams in seven cities, traditional rivalries redefined. it is still bat versus ball, but faster. it is evolution. it is revolution. it is rebellion. it is revolution. it is rebellion. it is revolution. it is rebellion. it isa it is revolution. it is rebellion. it is a super, super over. it is about smash

buck sexton's tweet was right on the money when he said around 500,000 human beings were killed in syriale barack obama was president and leaving for a political segment for civil war. media has been outraged last 72 hours in policy. than they were at any point over the last seven years of slaughter let alone the millions that have blooded ibloodflooded in and destabilizd europe. steve: yesterday was a federal holiday, officially. employees on capitol hill this the day off there was testimony in the impeachment inquiry. it's curious, now that we are entering day two of the fourth week of it, you know, the "new york post" has got on op-ed talking about the impeachment push and they talk about how the "new york times" and "the washington post" have both called on nancy pelosi to hold an official vote in to making the inquiry official. as they did during the nixon years and also the clinton years. but, for some reason, she refuses to do it. and, you know, the "new york post" is wondering why the problem? what is she hiding? why don't they vote? ainsley: it's been kind of nice over the last

jonny sexton was captaining ireland for the first time today, he went off with a thigh problem, but shouldtting clear ideas about how it will work and who will ta ke about how it will work and who will take part. eight teams spread across england and wales, each with a men's and women's team and we had the first picks today, most of the current england stars have been told where they'll be playing. ben stokes is off to the northern superchargers, jofra archer the southern brave, heather knight, the london spirit, one of two london sides. our sports editor dan roan was at today's player draft. it's cricket, but not as we know it. rather than the tradition of lords, an east end brewery the location for the launch of the sport's newest format. this morning, some of england's biggest names present, as they found out who they would be playing for next year in the hundred, a competition the ecb hopes will breathe new life into the game. get kids interested in cricket, and playing it, it will be on free to air television, which is really important, we already saw the benefits of that with the wor