edinburgh put five tries past cardiff to go top of the united rugby championship. ramiro moyano with the pick of the scores after a flowing move. and in the united rugby championship, glasgow warriors put in a dazzling display against ospreys, scoring five tries, two from sione tuipulolu. elsewhere, edinburgh beat cardiff while ulster v munster has just gotten underway. gloucester—hartpury have increased the pressure on the top four in the women's premier 155 with a bonus point win over leaders bristol. ellie underwood crashed over with her second try of the match to seal a 14—36 victory. gloucester are now up to fifth in the table. elsewhere, second place exeter beat sale sharks one of britain's biggest medal hopes at next month's winter olympics has shown just why there are such high hopes for her. charlotte bankes won the world cup snowboard cross race in russia — it's her second world cup win of the season following her previous victory in austria and her third podium overall. she is the reigning world champion in the event. and finally — how much dedication wo

edinburgh put five tries past cardiff to go top of the united rugby championship.t finished 34—10 at the dam health stadium — ramiro moyano with the pick of the scores after a flowing move. gloucester—hartpury have increased the pressure on the top four in the women's premier 15s with a bonus—point win over leaders bristol. ellie underwood crashed over with her second try of the match to seal a 14—36 victory. gloucester are now up to fifth in the table. elsewhere, second place exeter beat sale sharks. now let's return to football — and there's not long to wait until the next big tournament gets under way. the africa cup of nations kicks off tomorrow, with hosts cameroon taking on burkino faso. but the build—up to the match has not been straightforward for burkino faso, after they found out a handful of players and a coach had tested positive for covid—19 and are now not available to be involved in the opening match. translation: we waited all day. at the beginning. _ translation: we waited all day. at the beginning. it _ translation: we waited all day. at the begin

in the united rugby championship, scarlets edged out 0spreys in a thrilling derby.seven tries. johnny mcnicholl secured the 22—19 win for the hosts with his second try with just two minutes left. in the day's only other match connacht beat munster. emma raducanu was among the sports stars who received a new year's honour — she's now an mbe, with tom daley becoming an 0be — but the greatest honour went to british cycling's golden couple, who are now sirjason and dame laura kenny. with the highlights from a long list, here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. after a glittering 2021, britain's sports stars are once again taking the honours, led by the ultimate golden couple. jason kenny takes the title! at the tokyo games, jason kenny powered to a record seventh 0lympic title while laura kenny raced to her fifth. now the husband and wife receive a knighthood and damehood to cap an extraordinary year. 78 0lympians and paralympians have been honoured including tom daley. oh, yes, it's brilliant! he receives an 0be for his dramatic diving gold but also for services to

glasgow warriors claimed victory over connacht in dominant fashion in the united rugby championship.e steyn, duncan weir and substitute johnny matthews helped create a commanding 22—point lead that overwhelmed the hosts. glasgow's sixth win of the season moves them up to third place, passing leinster. england captain heather knight said they'd have to bowl out of their skins on the final day of the women's ashes test, after losing most of day three to rain. knight continued her superb innings — she was unbeaten on 168 when england were bowled out for 297 — that was just a0 runs behind, and katherine brunt took two wickets to leave australia on 12—2 when they were forced off. rory mcilroy is in contention going into the final round as he looks for his third dubai desert classic titlethe four—time major champion had one of the rounds of the day in the uae carding a round of 69 which included four birdies and an eagle. there's a cluster of english players towards the top of the leaderboard, led by tommy fleetwood, who also went round in three—under he's a shot behind mcilroy. but they'r

edinburgh put five tries past cardiff to go top of the united rugby championship.ng move. gloucester—hartpury have increased the pressure on the top four in the women's premier 15s with a bonus—point win over leaders bristol. ellie underwood crashed over with her second try of the match to seal a 14—36 victory. gloucester are now up to fifth in the table. elsewhere, second place exeter beat sale sharks. now let's return to football — and there's not long to wait until the next big tournament gets under way. the africa cup of nations kicks off tomorrow, with hosts cameroon

two games in the united rugby championship. dragons drew 13—13 at home to benetton. of them, although was fortunate to be on the pitch, receiving just a yellow in the first half for a high tackle. golf's dubai desert classic is at the half—way stage. south africa'sjustin harding is out in front on 11—under—par. there's a strong british contingent in the chasing pack, england's tyrrell hatton just two shots back and northern ireland's rory mcllroy, a two—time winner in dubai, is one of five players on seven—under. and don't forget you can keep across day three of the women's ashes test in canberra right now with live commentary on bbc sounds and the bbc sport app. that's all the sport for now. hello there. northern parts of britain readying for a very windy weekend. we've got two separate storms which could bring some damage and some disruption. not a bad weekend, i think, further south across southern britain, close to this area of high pressure. so, the first of the two storms moving to the north of the uk. lots of isobars on the charts, widespread gates for the nor

stephen myler kicked 13 points as ospreys beat united rugby championship leaders edinburgh.e results go to the bbc sport website. tom pidcock�*s mountain bike gold medal was one of the highlights of the tokyo olympics — and today he'll try to add cyclo—cross world champion to his cv. he'll be hoping to follow in the tyre tracks of 17—year—old zoe backstedt, who took thejunior women's title in arkansas. she said she absolutely loved the frozen course — and that was clear, as she took the lead on the first lap of five and never looked back. it's a second world title for backstedt, who won the junior world road race crown last year. we're waiting to hear whether quarterback tom brady, one of the greatest nfl players of all time, is retiring. reports in the united states said he was — his company event put out a tweet confirming the news — but then deleted it. brady has won seven super bowls in an astonishing 22—season career — six with the new england patriots before his final triumph with the tampa bay buccaneers last year. the bucs were beaten by the la rams in the play—offs

edinburgh put five tries past cardiff to go top of the united rugby championship.ital — ramiro moyano with the pick of the scores after a flowing move. elsewhere there were wins for glasgow warriors and munster. and in the women's premier 155, gloucester—hartpury increased the pressure on the top four with a bonus point win over leaders bristol. ellie underwood crashed over with her second try of the match to seal a 36—14 victory. gloucester are now up to fifth in the table. elsewhere second place exeter beat sale sharks. that's all the sport for now. now it's time for the papers. here is katy balls from the conservative—supporting let's get into some of the stories on the front pages then here is katy balls from the conservative—supporting weekly political magazine, the spectator and james rampton, feature writer at the i newspaper. the observer leads with comments from the former chairman of the uk's vaccine task force, who says we must end mass vaccinations for covid and treat the virus like we do flu. the sunday times also looks at a post—pandemic britain, repo

mcnicholl scored a dramatic late try as scarlets came from behind to beat 0spreys 22—19 in the united rugby championshipans has got great britain off to a winning start against germany in the atp cup in sydney. cameron norrie is currently taking on alexander zverev and is a set down having lost the first on a tie break. earlier evans swept past jan—lennard struff in straight sets. there's also a doubles match later with joe salisbury and jamie murray in action. canada and the usa are also in britain's group. only the group winners qualify for the semi—finals next friday and saturday. a good win for great britain, for dan evans making a winning start. the ashes resumes on tuesday evening uk time and it's been confirmed that england's head coach chris silverwood has tested positive for covid—i9. silverwood has been isolating in melbourne since 30 december following a positive test from one of his family members. he will remain in isolation until saturday. silverwood is asymptomatic and is fully vaccinated. england's squad have undergone another round of routine pcr tests after a local bowler tested postiv

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while in united rugby championship, dragons to do with their knitting.help to heal the hurts of history. the director of the white handkerchief is reminded of a quote. "grief is love that has nowhere to go." and the countless stories that existed there, if a writer puts that story to paper, and it takes from page to stage, then perhaps that love has somewhere to go. the sense of trauma remains sharp for bereaved relatives, like jackie duddy�*s sister, kay. he was a great amateur boxer, he loved bringing home his trophies and that. me dad, he was so proud. you often wonder, would he have boxed in the olympics? would he have turned professional? would he have married? it just left so many unanswered questions. it'sjust — it'sjust too sad for words. the consequences of bloody sunday are felt most profoundly, of course, by the families of those who were shot dead on the streets half a century ago. but the killings also deepened divisions, and — many would say — lengthened the conflict here in northern ireland. in that sense, the impact is still strongly felt

mcnicholl scored a dramatic late try as scarlets came from behind to beat ospreys 22—19 in the united rugby championship encounter, smith came from four sets to three down, to take the next two to seal a dramatic victory. he'll playjames wade in the first semi final later today. peter �*snakebite' wright is also through to the semi—finals. he came from 3 sets to one down to beat callan rydz 5—4. wright will play gary anderson in the last four. we have seen pictures of people diving into water and blowing away the new year cobwebs. now then, here's a way to blow away the new year cobwebs. it's the relatively new sport of wingfoiling, with the final events of the world championship season in tarifa on spain's atlantic coast. bowien van der linden of the netherlands won the women's surf—freestyle discipline. frenchman titouan galea won two out of the four events to be crowned men's champion. spectacular stuff. it is better to do that in spain with a slightly warmer waters. i would do that, i said no to going through new year's day dip in the sea but that, i would do that. it is similar to kite _ sea but th