we'll see at twickenham which team responds. joe lynskey, bbc news. follow tomorrow's matches on the bbc. it's going to be another blockbuster weekend. five live will have commentary on both games. and on sunday, you can watch scotland and ireland on bbc one. gabby logan will be on air at 20 past two, kickoff at three o'clock. discussions about race and sport exploded last year, and following the success of uk athletic�*s �*let�*s talk about race�* sessions, they launched a new race equality network last month. miriam walker—khan caught up with kadeena cox, imani—lara lansiqout and donna fraser to discuss their experiences with race and the new network. what kind of preconceptions do you think you've experienced as black women within athletics? comments on m hair. women within athletics? comments on my hair- little — women within athletics? comments on my hair. little comments _ women within athletics? comments on my hair. little comments about - women within athletics? comments on my hair. little comments about your. my hair. little comments about yo

we will see at twickenham which team responds.those games of course, but, in football, premier league chief executive richard masters hopes that every club will have one match in front of home fans before the end of this season. providing the government�*s road map goes to plan, there�*ll be up to 10,000 supporters at the final two fixtures, with the penultimate round of games moved back a day so they�*re played after lockdown rules are eased on 17th may. it will be a fantastic finale to the end of our season and, then, from the beginning of next season onwards, our goal is to have full stadia. and obviously the government�*s road map offers us that opportunity. there�*s a lot of water to pass under the bridge before that can happen, but that�*s our ultimate goal — to see a return of full, vibrant premier league stadiums. it�*s been a tricky second day so far for lewis hamilton, as testing continues ahead of the new formula one season. the opening session had to be stopped when he slid across the track and spun his mercedes into t

that no french team has done since 2005 and beat england and twickenham in the championship. brute twickenham thanks, chris. let's have a quick look at some of the days other headlines. the tokyo 0lympics president has denied reports that they'll stage the games without foreign spectators. seiko hashimoto says discussions are continuing with a decision due to be made in the next fortnight. the number of fans allowed into venues will be confirmed next month. britain's geraint thomas is up to 13th in the tirreno adriatico race in italy. he was in the bunch behind french riderjulian alaphilippe who won today's second stage. belgium's wout van art retained the overall lead. the paris—nice, the race to the sun, is also taking place. ireland's sam bennet took his second stage win, but slovenia's premoz roglitch still leads after five stages roger federer has been beaten in the second round of the qatar 0pen. this was his comeback tournament after a year out of action, but he was defeated in three sets by nikoloz basilashvili, the world number 42 from georgia. the players championship, the unofficia

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after their covid outbreak, can france maintain their title challenge at twickenham in the six nations evening. richard freeman, one of the leading figures at british cycling at a time of unprecedented success, found guilty today of ordering a banned substance to dope an unnamed rider. freeman was the top medic working at both british cycling and team sky, between 2009 and 2015, at a time when british cycling dominated the track and began a period of huge success on the road. he stood accused in a general medical council tribunal, which lasted for more than two years, of ordering testosterone to the team's headquarters back in 2011, knowing it was to boost an athlete's performance. our sports editor dan roanjoins me now. good evening to you. give us a sense of how damaging this is. it’s evening to you. give us a sense of how damaging this is.— how damaging this is. it's a devastating _ how damaging this is. it's a devastating blow, - how damaging this is. it's a devastating blow, john, - how damaging this is. it's a devastating blow, john, to | how damaging this is. it's a i devastatin

charge to a grand slam england end france's dreams of a grand slam though after a dramatic win at twickenhamof the best games of the tournament so far. and wilfred zaha becomes the first premier league player not to take a knee, standing tall instead, as palace beat west brom in the premier league good evening welcome to sportsday, great wins for wales and england in the six nations, more on that and the football to come but we start with the news that murray walker — the legendary formula one commentator — has died at the age of 97. his was a career that spanned over 50 years, leaving him ingrained in the fabric of british motor sport as andy swiss reports: so, it is ready, it is go, go, go! schumacher leads, brilliant start. exuberant, excitable and utterly unmistakable. murray walker was the high octane voice behind a high octane sport. it was once said that even in his quieter moments, he sounded like his trousers were on fire. that's it, bang, bang, and off! his passion came from his father, graham walker, who raced motorcycles and was himself a commentator, often sharing the duties wit

they're beaten by england at twickenham in one of the best games of the tournament so far.comes the first premier league player not to take a knee, standing tall instead, as palace beat west brom in the premier league. hello and welcome to sportsday. we'll bring you up to date with the six nations shortly but there is just one place to start tonight and that is with the man regarded as the voice of formula one. murray walker — the legendary commentator — has died at the age of 97. with a career that spanned over 50 years he is ingrained in the fabric of british motor sport. andy swiss has this report: so it's ready, it is go, go, go! and a shoemaker leads, brilliant start! exuberant, excitable and utterly unmistakable. murray walker was the high—octane voice behind a high—octane voice behind a high—octane sport. it was once said that even his quire moments, he sounded like his trousers were fire. that's it, bang, bang! his sounded like his trousers were fire. that's it, bang, bang!— that's it, bang, bang! his passion came from _ that's it, bang, bang! his passion came from

blue sky there, sunshine in shorter supply here, this was the picture in twickenham earlier on today.m early on on thursday. so shower clouds aplenty and over the next few days, that story is going to remain with us. still some strong, blustery winds, probably not quite as windy as it has been, and also some scattered heavy showers too. now, more showers to come particularly across the western half of the uk through the course of tonight. some hail and some thunder mixed in with these showers. drier for much of eastern england towards parts of eastern scotland as well. but some of those showers across the highlands will be falling as sleet and snow. so some icy conditions here to start your friday morning. quite a chilly start, temperatures around two celsius first thing. so, with the strength of the wind, it�*s going to feel quite chilly once again with plenty more showers. the showers inb the east will ease away, so the afternoon looks mostly dry, i think the member parts of eastern england, far east of scotland as well. but plenty more showers packing in from the west, and again, i

and so to twickenham, for a match that began at a staggering pace.ball somehow in his hand. england were inspired to raise their own game and quickly responded, anthony watson going over, that was good. the next try was special, it is what french flair used to look like, and be there and then it meant france were four points ahead at half—time. instead they lead with four minutes left. itoje barged over but did he ground the ball? the referee on the field said no but handed over to the tv official who did see a fraction brush the grass, try. 0n tv official who did see a fraction brush the grass, try. on such evidence was in one's reputation rescued. france's unbeaten run defeated. joe wilson, bbc news. the premier league and premiership goals, if you're watching in scotland, are coming up after the news, but i've got the results for you, if you want them. manchester city have moved 17 points clear at the top of the table. it was goalless at half—time but they beat fulham 3—0 at craven cottage. elsewhere burnley won 2—1 at everton and leeds drew 0—0 a

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shower clouds aplenty. 0ver twickenham earlier on thursday. shower clouds aplenty.land and towards parts of eastern scotland. some of the showers over the highlands will be falling as sleet and snow. a chilly start, temperature is around 2 degrees first thing. with the strength of the wind it'll feel quite chilly again with plenty more showers. showers in the east will ease away. the afternoon is mostly dry or parts of eastern england, the far east of scotland, as well, but plenty more showers packing in from the west. —— dry for parts of eastern england. the winds is a real feature, dry for parts of eastern england. the winds is a realfeature, gusts up the winds is a realfeature, gusts up to 40 mph, even stronger than that around some exposed coasts in the west. windy and wet friday night into saturday. more heavy showers and thunderstorms are rattling through on that breeze. temperatures to start your weekend between one and 6 degrees. fairly chilly conditions through saturday, particularly when you add on the wind. it'll be another blustery sort of day. into sund

max maylins will make his first start for england in their six nations match against france at twickenhams to the side beaten by wales, with luke cowan—dickie starting at hooker and charlie ewels named in the second row. maylins will line up alongside anthony watson and jonny may in the back three. really impressed us since he has been in the squad, he started in autumn, he has got a good kick return game, he has a good feeling for the game, brings pace on the ball and particularly playing against a team like france which had the highest kicking and longest kicking game in the world, the fullbacks are pretty busy, so he will have a bigger role for us. france return to action for the first time since covid—i9 hit the squad, they're unbeaten in the championship after wins over italy and ireland. powerhouse centre virimi vakatawa missed those games with a knee injury but he's back in the starting fifteen to face england. new zealand international sonny bill williams has confirmed his retirement, at the age of 35. he switched between codes in a 17—year career, winning two rugby union world cu

we start with the six nations — it's england against grand slam—chasing france at twickenham later, but a grand slam after beating italy 48—7 in rome. wales sealing a four—try bonus point before half—time. wingerjosh adams scoring the first of their tries. hooker ken 0wens scored two in the first half to put the result beyond any doubt. italy got one try of their own, but it was never going to be enough. louis—reese zammit scoring the pick of the welsh tries after the break. a of the welsh tries after the break. more than convi straight a more than convincing win. 31 straight defeat now in the six nations for italy. in rugby union's premiership — defending champions exeter survived a scare to beat harlequins. exeter were trailing 20—7, but fought back and snatched victory — when dave ewers scored this try withjust six minutes remaining. the win keeps exeter second — five points ahead of their opponents. bath eased to victory in today's other lunchtime kick—off. they ran in six tries — tom dunn with two of them — as they thrashed newcastle 38—19. the win moves bath up to eighth. thomas t

blue sky there, sunshine in shorter supply here, this was the picture in twickenham early on on thursdayquite as windy as it has been, and also some scattered heavy showers too. now, more showers to come, particularly across the western half of the uk through the course of tonight. some hail and some thunder mixed in with these showers. drier for much of eastern england towards parts of eastern scotland as well. but some of those showers across the highlands will be falling as sleet and snow. so some icy conditions here to start your friday morning. quite a chilly start, temperatures around two celsius first thing. so, with the strength of the wind, it's going to feel quite chilly once again with plenty more showers. the showers in the east will ease away, so the afternoon looks mostly dry, i think, for parts of eastern england, far east of scotland as well. but plenty more showers packing in from the west, and again, it could bring some hail and some thunder. temperatures not great for the time of year, around about 6—11 degrees. the winds, once again, a real feature of the weather with

blue sky there, sunshine in shorter supply here, this was the picture in twickenham earlier on thursday some hail and thunder mixed in with the showers. drier for much of eastern england towards parts of eastern england towards parts of eastern scotland as well. some of those showers across the highlands will be falling asleep —— as sleet and snow. i see conditions here to start your morning. temperature is around 2 degrees this morning. with the strength of wind, it will feel quite chilly once again with plenty more showers. showers in the east will use away. the afternoon looks mostly dry for parts of eastern england, far east of scotland as well. plenty more showers packing in from the west, again, could bring hail and thunder. temperature is not great for the time of year, around 6-11 great for the time of year, around 6—11 celsius. the windsor real future of the weather with gusts about 30—110 mph come even stronger than that around some exposed posts in the west. it will be particularly windy and wet friday into saturday. some were heavy showers and thunderstorms rattling through

we start with the six nations — it's england against grand slam—chasing france at twickenham later, butlam. they're taking on italy in rome, and wales already have a four—try bonus point wrapped up before half—time. wingerjosh adams scored their first try in the first ten minutes. talupe faletau scored their second, before two tries from hooker ken 0wens looks to have put the result already beyond doubt. the teams are just about to come out for the second half. in rugby union's premiership — defending champions exeter survived a scare to beat harlequins. exeter were trailing 20—7, but fought back and snatched victory — when dave ewers scored this try withjust six minutes remaining. the win keeps exeter second — five points ahead of their opponents. bath eased to victory in today's other lunchtime kick—off. they ran in six tries — tom dunn with two of them — as they thrashed newcastle 38—19. the win moves bath up to eighth. thomas tuchel�*s unbeaten run is now up to 12 games with chelsea, but they've missed the chance to go third in the premier league after a goalless draw at leeds. leed

malins will make his first start for england in saturday's six nations match against france at twickenhamne of three changes to the side beaten by wales. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prince william has insisted the royal family is not racist, in his first comments since the duke and duchess of sussex told us television that a member of the family had questioned what colour their child's skin would be. william also revealed he hasn't spoken to his brother since harry and meghan gave the interview to oprah winfrey, but said he would do. the duke and duchess of cambridge were visiting a school in east london when they were asked by a reporter about the controversy. reporter: have you spoken - to your brother since the interview? no, i haven't spoken to him yet, but i will do. and can you just let me know is the royal family a racist family, sir? we're very much not a racist family. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, is here. it is the first time we have heard on camera from a member of the royal family practice. it on camera from a member of the royal family pr

england beat france 23—20 at twickenham, thanks to a late maro itoje try.rashed italy 48—7 in rome, scoring seven tries for their fourth win out of four. they now go to paris next weeeknd to see if they can complete the clean sweep by beating the french. sunday to enjoy with the families hopefully when we get back. we will get into the focus, shifting pretty quickly. it is cliched but there is plenty to work on because test weeks are special but next week is going to be special for a are special but next week is going to be specialfor a different reason. murray walker has died at the age of 97. affectionately known as the voice of formula 1, walker worked for the bbc and other broadcasters for over a0 years. world champion lewis hamilton has tweeted: "i remember growing up hearing your voice over the races. "you made the sport so much more exciting and captivating. "the iconic voice of our sport and a great man, "thank you for all you did, you will never be forgotten." earlier, we spoke to former world champion damon hill, who remembered murray walker getti

seven tries for them in rome, while england left it late to beat france at twickenham.ent joe wilson watched both games. can you stand in rome and be heard in cardiff? well, alun wynjones would try. such is welsh confidence, anything seems possible. scoring tries against italy looked easy. with their opponents missing a man, yellow carded, wales went from one win to the other. 15 points up in 15 minutes. good time to check on italy's coach. right... four tries gets you a bonus point, and wales achieved that inside 30 minutes, when ken owens wrestled and wriggled over. monty ioane is an australian—born italian resident. a lovely bit of a kick and collect from him. a try for italy these days means a lot and they didn't give up. wales made some changes. there is callum sheedy, speedy, in to score. and talented new welsh players have burst through in this six nations, especially louis rees—zammit. once he got the ball, with the field in front of him, well, the italians were chasing a red ferrari. no chance. no—one is catching that young man! 48—7, it finished. italy's react

max maylins will make his first start for england in their six nations match against france at twickenhammay in the back three. really impressed us since he's been in the squad. started in autumn, he's got a good kick return game, he's got a good feeling for the game, brings pace onto the ball and particularly playing against a team like france, which have the highest kicking and longest kicking game in the world, the full—back�*s pretty busy, so he'll have a bigger role for us. france return to action for the first time since covid—i9 hit the squad. they're unbeaten in the championship after wins over italy and ireland. powerhouse centre virimi vakatawa missed those games with a knee injury, but he's back in the starting xv to face england. new zealand international sonny bill williams has confirmed his retirement at the age of 35. he switched between codes in a 17—year career, winning two rugby union world cups with the all blacks. he now plans to concentrate on boxing. he's won all seven of his professional heavyweight fights to date and says he's keen to get back in the ring. britain'

his son play rugby in france insists he was not patient 0 this week the ref against england at twickenhamlooking to make it 3 wins from 3. the outbreak is change nothing in the group whether it's between the staff or the play is the atmosphere remains the same and we get along very well on this side it's changed nothing until now to the informed player in the world of golf right now the big hitting bryson the shambo the american won the arnold palmer invitational last week in france to incredible shots like this 370 are dried he says the presence of fans helped boost his performance so he's pleased they'll be a 20 percent crowd pasty at t.p.c. sawgrass in florida this week the pressure on the ship is the biggest tournament of the season so far which is known as golf's 5th major. the fans are what create some momentum for players and for me i know that was done for the case last week and will continue to do so they were always coming. by little. or using it say or helping improve my performance with office there's no doubt about it you know winning in detroit last year in the one in the u.

while england left it late to beat france at twickenham.lsh confidence, anything seems possible. scoring tries against italy looked easy. with their opponent missing a man, they were 15 points up in 15 minutes. time to check on italy mahmoud abbas coach. right. for tries gets you a bonus point and they achieve that within 40 minutes. the second half featured some classic rees—zammit. the italians were chasing a red ferrari. italy's reaction was understandable but remember, thus far, wales have beaten everyone. and so to twickenham for a match that began at a staggering pace. front scott in a minute, kick and collect, antoine dupont with the world at his feet and somehow the ball in his hand. england responded, watson n. that was good, the next try was special. it is what french player used to look like. france had four points ahead and have time and they lead with four minutes left. did he ground the ball? no. the tv official saw a fraction brush the grass. try. on such evidence was england's reputation rescued. an france's unbeaten run def

back max malins will make his first start for england in their six nations match against france at twickenhamrn game, a good feeling for the game, brings pace on the ball and particularly playing against a team like france, the highest and longest kicking game in the world, a full—back is pretty busy, so he is going to play a big role for us. france return to action for the first time since covid—19 hit the squad. they're unbeaten in the championship after wins over italy and ireland. powerhouse centre virimi vakatawa missed those games with a knee injury but he's back in the starting fifteen to face england. new zealand international sonny bill williams has confirmed his retirement, at the age of 35. he switched between codes in a 17—year career, winning two rugby union world cups with the all blacks. he now plans to concentrate on boxing — he's won all seven of his professional heavyweight fights to date and says he's keen to get back in the ring. tokyo 2020 olympics president seiko hashimoto has denied media reports earlier this week which said the games would be staged without foreign spe

county down on thursday afternoon, blue sky, sunshine in shorter supply, this was the picture in twickenhamsing away in the east, the afternoon mostly dry for eastern england, far east of scotland, plenty more showers packing in from the west and again they could bring hail and thunder, temperatures not great for the time of year, 6—11 c, went a feature of the weather with gustos 30—40 mph or stronger. it will be particularly windy and wet friday night into saturday, more heavy showers and thunderstorms rushing through on the breeze, temperatures to start your weekend between 1—6 c, fairly chilly conditions through saturday, particularly when you add on the wind. another blustery day. sunday, things settling down, and other day of sunny spells and blustery heavy showers on saturday, particularly windy through the english channel, showers merging into longer spells of rain and a north—west later. temperatures around 7—10 c, cool, another windy day. sunday, the quieter day of the weekend, high—pressure try to build from the south—west, a few showers are moving in from the north—west, towards

in twickenham , traffic on the a316 chertsey road remains down to one lane in both directions due touilding fire, with three bus routes on diversion. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it was a very blustery night last night, and we are hanging on to those very strong winds through the course of the day. the met office has a yellow weather warning in place for the strong winds, widely gusts of 50 up to 55 mph. we will see some showers blowing through on the wind as well. they could be heavy, thundery and you might get some hail mixed in there too. sunny spells between. the wind perhaps a little lighter this afternoon but not too noticeably. temperatures getting up to 12 celsius. overnight the showers become more isolated, gradually fading away, so we get some lengthy, clear spells. still breezy and blustery overnight and the minimum temperature between two and five celsius. as we head into friday, you will notice the showers moving in from the west. still showers around tomorrow but again some sunny spells and it will be a blustery day but the wind not quite as strong

back max malins will make his first start for england in their six nations match against france at twickenhamy may in the back three. more rugby union news for you this morning. more rugby union news for you this morning. new zealand's dual—code rugby international sonny bill williams has confirmed his retirement, at the age of 35. he won two rugby union world cups with the all blacks and was part of the kiwi team that reached the rugby league world cup final in 2013. he now plans to concentrate on his boxing career — he's won all seven of his professional heavyweight fights to date. silverstone has been earmarked as one of three tracks ready to stage one of the first sprint races this season, as changes to the traditional run—up to grand prix are trialled. the second practice session on fridays is likely to be replaced by qualifying for the shortened race the following day, which will last about half an hour and will decide grid positions for the grand prix on sunday. the idea is to make race weekends less predictable and increase the sport's fan base. f1 teams are broadly in support of the

here's how it looks in twickenham— roadworks are slowing things down on the a316 great chertsey road—it's the cloud that has made things rather grey this morning. it's going to stay largely cloudy today with outbreaks of light patchy rain, some drizzle, maybe some rain, some drizzle, maybe some heavier bursts, a moderate northerly breeze and temperatures reaching about 10 celsius but it probably won't feel too mild and that is thanks to the cloud and the light rain and drizzle. overnight tonight, conditions stay very similar, it stays cloudy, further outbreaks of rain and the minimum temperature not dropping too far tonight, between six and eight celsius is the minimum. as we head into friday, we pick up a north—easterly wind with drier air coming in from the continent meaning once the front clears we will see sunshine through friday and high pressure still in charge for the weekend but it starts to slip. it means a lot of dry weather in the forecast but again it doesn't mean too much on the way of sunshine. it will stay largely cloudy over the weekend and temperatures remain similar.