just what have saracens done wrong? as you mentioned them shipped rugby imposes a salary cap on teams to try to ensure the financial viability of the clubs and provide a level playing field. saracens have a squad like no other pact with star names and many of them we just saw in the world cup, and they have dominated in england and in europe. the premiership rugby investigation found that saracens had failed to disclose payments to players and exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players, that was the key point of the statement. as a consequence saracens have been hit with this unprecedented punishment, suspended pending an appeal but regardless of the outcome of that it has already had a damaging effect to the reputation and has the potential to affect their superiority in the sport. saracens are appealing what is the response been? they said they we re is the response been? they said they were shocked and disappointed by the heavy—handed sanctions and will launch an appeal. 0wner nigel wray released a stateme

saracens are not contesting it. the chairman says they will pull together a meet the challenges that lie ahead. do you think that is sensible? i think it is sensible and very wise. at the time, they might feel hard done by because the accepted they didn't maliciously go out there to cheat the salary cap, but it would have been very costly, very time—consuming, but more importantly would have dragged saracens through the mud for a further period of time throughout the season. and so probably very unrealistic gain from it. so they have taken the medicine. if anyone can mend and get together and do what they can, it will be saracens. eddie jones mentioned there he was thinking about perhaps a full saracens players when we hit the six nations might put club before country. that becomes very difficult politically, with the relationship between club and country. do you think you may be possible for them to do that? for more, that is such a big thing, isn't it. traditionally, country comes first. however, the players wil

this is a huge story, so the saracens, the dominant force in by, saracens, the dominant force in rugby, they have 17 major in the past decade and they have a squad like no other and they are full of recognisable names and the likes of the england captain, the brothers, and premiership rugby the have a salary cap and they do so in a way that provides level playing field and preserves the financial viability of the competition in the clu bs viability of the competition in the clubs as well. the premiership rugby has started this investigation that is lasted a number of months and they have found that saracens failed to disclose payments to the players and exceeded the ceiling for payments to single players as well. they have been hit with his huge punishment of 35 point deduction and more than a £5 million fine and has been suspended pending an appeal but it is unprecedented punishment that was handed down the saracens and it's been a huge reputational damage to sara ce ns it's been a huge reputational damage to saracens and that is something that we have been talking to the world cup w

saracens are the dominant force in clu b saracens are the dominant force in club and european beef. they have won seven major honours in the past decade. they have got a squad like no other, it is packed with recognisable names, big stars, the likes of 0wen farrell, the villa tolo brothers, in premiership rugby, in england, they operate a salary cap. they do it so that in their words it has a level playing field preserves the financial viability of the competition in the clubs as well. premiership rugby have conducted this investigation which has taken place over a number of months, looking at the past three seasons. and they found that saracens failed to disclose payments to players and exceeded the ceiling for pays to payments as well. as a consequence, saracens had been hit with this huge punishment, a 35 point deduction, more than a £5 million fine. it has been suspended pending an appeal, but it is unprecedented punishment that has been handed down to saracens. whether it is upheld or not, there has been a huge reputational damage to sara ce ns has been a huge reputational dam

racing 92 were scoring the tries saracens never used to allow, but this wasn't saracens as we know them. what was once steel was breakable. thomas crashed through. was his right foot in touch? apparently not. this decision sarries had to accept. but it is notjust points in play, it is pride too. this week they promised they would not roll over. that would be an isolated incident. french league rules allow racing to spend on the best. they bulldozed to a bonus point. saracens‘ punishment means a relegation fight might be more important than a cup run. northampton saints began their european campaign with an impressive 25—14 win over the french league leaders lyon. wales fly half dan biggar was on form for them — but they held off a french fightback to seal the points. craig templeton had his eye on this one. second in the premiership against first in france. a match that was billed as a tough start to the european season for saints, but lyon's indiscipline and the boot of biggar meant an early lead. when it looked like the challenge from across the channel got going, a replay showe

there say on the saracens investigation. 0ne coaches and players there say on the saracens investigation. one of them was exeter and their director rob baxter for some was exeter and their director rob baxterfor some he was exeter and their director rob baxter for some he was was exeter and their director rob baxterfor some he was not was exeter and their director rob baxter for some he was not too impressed with the way saracens responded to the investigation announced yesterday. he thought they could be more conciliatory particular in the way they responded to the accusations. and then there was chris raab sure, the former england captain, he is with harlequins aside from ten years ago we re harlequins aside from ten years ago were hoochie affected by the bloodgate scandal and now he is sure about the damage this saracens can do the game stop to i feel in roby we can only feel our grasses grew than others. we looked down at football, and others in athletics for cheating and stuff like this. but we are exactly the same now.

we made mistakes and we accept the penalty, but can saracens save their season? and we see how a disability football club in kent is changing lives hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a disappointing night for the irish in their euro 2020 qualifier with denmark. they needed a win to guarnatee their place in next year's finals — but mick mccathy‘s men could only eke out a i—all draw — which sends them into the playoffs. craig templeton reports. five games against denmark in two yea rs, five games against denmark in two years, no irish wins, that had to change or it will be lights out on the qualification. the day they needed a draw and dial tough to break down, ireland fashioned a chance. alan brown made a better connection but the accuracy was lacking. a connection was all that was needed after a cross. and it never arrived, another opportunity wasted. something you cannot afford to do because when teams like denmark make chances, they take them. a break late with a touch. they kept pushing and when he crossed the ball, he was at the back of

saracens have announced they will appeal this decision. there be many months of legal wrangling the last thing they want is continued disruption during the business and of the domestic season. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, giles kenningham, and the political writer and academic, maya goodfellow. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads the way with a picture of the prime minister, who launched his party campaign in the general election race. the paper calls it a "tricky first day" for borisjohnson. the telegraph describes the conservative launch and headlines "boris gets his bounce back" — but leads with the story about labours deputy leader, standing down as an mp. the guardian reports on tom watson's departure from labour but questions the direction of the party under jeremy corbyn's leadership. the times agrees and claims mr watson clashed withjeremy corb

saracens cousins of billy and mako vunipola. sara ce ns su ccess cousins of billy and mako vunipola. saracens success has cousins of billy and mako vunipola. saracens success has been built on family and money, using the collective spirit they call the wolfpack but which looks more like a herd of wildebeest when doing this. ben el got the ball down. then they locked the door, and it gloucester try cured —— proved academic, for some saracens are cheats and this might be the week everything changes — apart from the results. england's women began their autumn internationals with an impressive win over france — they had to come from behind, but eventually found their form to win 20—10... sarah hunter crashing over for the second time to give the roses the lead going into the second half. world player of the year emily scarratt confirmed the victory with a penalty kick. britain's olivia breen won bronze in the t38 long jump at the world para—athletics championships in dubai. (00v)the 23—year—old from wales who won the

forsome, saracens is to gloucester try proved purely academic. for some, saracens is a cheat and this might be the week that everything changes except for one thing, the results. elsewhere bath beat top of the table northampton 22 points to 13. and harlequins were beaten at home by worcester 19—14. in the pro14 glasgow warriors claimed a second straight bonus—point win, beating zebre by 31 ponts to 7. george horne scored two of his sides tries as warriors comprehensively won in italy. they had already scored four times before zebre had a man sent off for a high challenge. the italian side remain bottom of the table, with only two points from their first six fixtures. elsewhere ospreys lost at home to southern kings. two games are under way — cardiff blues cheetahs is currently 30—17 and ulster munster is 22—16scarletts play bennetton treviso at 7:35. england's women began their autumn internationals with an impressive win over france, their first victory on french soil for seven years. they had to come from behind, but eventually found

the punishment see saracens drop to the bottom of the premiership. the essential points about this is how does premiership rugby ensure there isa does premiership rugby ensure there is a level playing field and this certainly is a severe punishment? the disciplinary panel has found that saracens were found to have failed to disclose payments to players and to have exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players and when we are talking about senior players employed by saracens about senior players employed by sara ce ns we about senior players employed by saracens we are talking about some of the most famous players in world by. of the most famous players in world rugby. when we look at the statement that premiership rugby have put they talk about upholding the principle of the salary cap and it is important to see this in the broader issue of professional rugby union's ongoing viability and premiership by ongoing viability and premiership rugby has to ensure there is a competitive level playing field. saracens have said they are disappointed by t

to daly on his debut for saracens the pairlinked to begin daly on his debut for saracens the pair linked to begin after the break for their sites fourth try and lay down something of a marker. have a dozen scores by the end and more world cup stars lined up on the bench, problems of the pitch, but on at the figures mightjust add up yet. 44—3 the final score. let's take a look at some of the other hightlights from the european champions cup.. exeter chiefs put some distance between themselves and their rivals at the top of their pool this afternoon, with a 3a—18 win over glasgow warriors. winger tom o'flaherty scored the pick of the tries to put exeter top of pool 2 after the first two rounds. dan biggar kicked a penalty in the 85th minute to seal a bonus—point victory for northampton against benetton. saints scored 17 second—half points with tries by ollie sleightholme and a second for tom collins. northampton winning by 35 points to 32. northampton are still behind leinster in pooli after the irish side also got their second win of the season. max deegan with the only try leinst

a huge punishment for saracens? yes, this is the biggest sanction in the history of the premiership, and just as the england players have returned from japan after the world cup. nine members of the england squad play for saracens, so they will have been greeted with this news today. an independent panel found that saracens had failed to disclose payments over three seasons and were found to have exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players. they have been docked 35 points and fined £5 million, to seismic. 0ur correspondent joe wilson has more. when we look more at the statement premiership rugby have put out today, they talked about the decision upholding the principle of the salary cap and it is important to see it in the broader issue of professional rugby union's ongoing financial viability, and premiership by financial viability, and premiership rugby has to ensure there is a competitive level playing field. they say they are pleased the process has reached its conclusion, but of course saracens have th

racing 92 were scoring the tries saracens never used to allow, but this wasn‘t saracens as we know them. what was once steel was breakable. thomas crashed through. was his right foot in touch? apparently not. this decision sarries had to accept. but it is notjust points to play, it is pride too. this week they promised they would not roll over. that would be an isolated incident. french league rules allow racing to spend on the best. they bulldozed to a bonus point. saracens‘ punishment means a relegation fight might be more important than a cup run. northampton saints began their european campaign with an impressive 25 points to 14 win over the french league leaders lyon. wales fly half dan biggar was on form for them — but they held off a french fightback to seal the points. second in the premiership against first in france. a match that was billed as a tough start to the european season billed as a tough start to the european season for saint, but lyon‘s indiscipline and the boot of big gash meant an early lead. when it looked like the challenge from the channel got going a rep

saracens were not challenged their fine after breaking the salary cap regulations for the past three seasons. regulations for the past three seasons. the chairman initially vowed to appeal but now says, we make mistakes and so with humility that we must accept those penalties. speaking this morning the england head coach eddie jones speaking this morning the england head coach eddiejones says he's worried about the impact saracens' punishments may have on his side. 8 of his matchday squad for the rugby world cup finaljust over 2 weeks ago were sarries players including his captain 0wen farrell, jones says that they may need to rebuild relationships between the players when they meet up again for next year's six nations championship. when they meet up again for next these when they meet up again for next things happen. i anybody these things happen. i don't think anybody ever has the intent of them happening and they just anybody ever has the intent of them happening and theyjust seem to grow. i've seen it in all sorts of sports and i think they will take their medicine and get on wit

saracens could handle the saturday boos, but tuesday's news will linger longer. found guilty of breaching the salary cap, they are paying with points, pounds and endless taunting. until the appeal, they have rugby to distract them, going back to what they know, smashing gloucester‘s door ajar, nick thompkins scored. losing the arm wrestle, gloucester chose another option. tom marshall opted for a bit of football, followed at the last by some diving. try. but saracens also know the value of the boot, winning penalties to be kicked by manu vunipola, cousin of england's billy and mako. sarries success has been built on family as well as money. using a collective spirit they call the wolfpack, but which looks more like a herd of wildebeest when it is doing this. ben earl got the ball down. then they locked the door, a late gloucester try proved purely academic. for some, saracens are cheats and this might be the week everything changes, apart from one thing — the results. patrick geary, bbc news. there have been medals for british athletes at the world para—ath

premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. former saracens player kyren bracken believes people should wait for more details on the case — before passing judgement everyone wants to be seen to be doing the right thing and playing within the rules, and if saracens have not been playing within the rules, then i would say throw the book at them. but i cannot see how they have when the panel actually said that they haven't intentionally tried to do anything. so i think we need to have to have a massive, full investigation what actually happened. staying with rugby, the victorious south africa team have landed on home soil after winning the world cup injapan. this is them coming through arrivals. captain siya kolisi raising the william webb—ellis trophy aloft to hundreds of fans welcoming them home. it's the first time they've won the trophy since 2007. that's all the sport for now. hello there. the rest of this week are staying on the cold side. temperatures a few degrees below the they should before the time of year. we have

reports are suggesting that saracens won't appeal the sanction. the former saracens wing, chris ashton told our reporter james burridge that he thinks the charge will actually bring the side together. iam not i am not surprised they are not going to appeal. i don't think there was much room to manoeuvre. i do think the playing group will bring them closer together and make them tighter as we saw them playing against gloucester last week. they had a really young side and still managed to beat gloucester, so for the group i think they will be glad it is out of the way and they can crack on with it. for the premiership as a whole, it set a precedent, a pretty devastating couple of weeks? it has, and the cap is therefore a reason and we all wa nt to is therefore a reason and we all want to play it. it makes it a very competitive competition and that is the way i wanted to be. it has landed saracens doorstep and they have dealt with it and totally know we can move on and making this leak great. that's all the sport for now. terry o'neill — the photog

and saracens silence the gloucester fans with victory at kingsholm and move second in the premiership. good evening, welcome to tonight's programme. we start with the premier league where chelsea's 2—0 win over crystal palace has moved them above manchester city and into second in the table. it was their sixth league win in a row, the first time they've done that since they won the title. they move within five points of leaders liverpool who play city tomorrow. paul frostick was watching. five premier league wins in a row for chelsea left them in good shape heading into this fixture with crystal palace. and after an incredible midweek champions league comeback, they were full of confidence.

for european rugby champions saracens have been found guilty of breaching salary cap regulations english team have been docked $35.00 points and fined $5.00 to $7000000.00. our top story iran taking another step away from the 2050 nuclear deal has some rouhani says the country is about to start injecting your raney in gas into more than $1000.00 centrifuges it's the latest fallout from the u.s. decision to pull out of the agreement last year and as dosage body explains it's likely to put more pressure on the deal's remaining signatures. president hassan rouhani arrived at this factory in tehran for an inauguration ceremony but he used to turn around iran's 4th and most significant step in scaling back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal more as fire door on iran's 4th step will be launched at the photo nuclear facility and i will advise the atomic energy organization to start as of tomorrow by feeding gas into the centrifuges i will also inform the p. 4 plus one of the step this new action will also be under the supervision of the international atomic energy agency. the for don't you

onto third in the championship after being fellow play—off side swa nsea and owen farrell returns for saracens, to help secure 4 more points in their great escape. it seems to be sacking season in the premier league, 10 days ago spurs got rid of mauricio pochettino and now their north london rivals arsenal have dispensed with their manager, unai emery‘s reign lasting 18 months. "results and performances were not at the level required". say the club. thursday europa league defeat to eintracht frankfurt means that they haven't won a match in 7 attempts, their worse run for 27 yea rs. emery released a short statement on the arsenal website this evening thanking the fans. "it has been a year and a half full of emotions, of great moments and some other more bitter ones, but not a single day has gone by without me stopping to think about how lucky i have been to work for this club with these players. they have always honoured the shirt. they deserve your support. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. maybe unai emery had in impossible job here. it would've been tough for anybody to follow our

saracens also know the value of the boot. it was kicked by manu vunipola. his success has been built on family as well as money. using a collective spirit, they call the wolf pack which looks more like a herd of wildebeest when it is doing this. ben got the ball down. then they locked the door. a late gloucester try proved purely academic. for some, saracenss a cheat and this might be the week that everything changes except for one thing, the results. elsewhere bath beat top of the table northampton 22 points to 13and harlequins were beaten at home by worcester 19—14. in the pro1li glasgow warriors claimed a second straight bonus—point win, beating zebre by 31 ponts to seven. george horne scored two of his sides tries as warriors comprehensively won in italy. they'd already scored four times before zebre had a man sent off for a high challenge. the italian side remain bottom of the table, with only two points from their first six fixtures. elsewhere 0spreys lost at home to southern kings. cardiff blues beat cheetahs 30—17. munster beat ulster 22—16.

saracens are continuing to deal with one of the biggest scandals in english club rugby history. on the receiving end of a heavy defeat in the championships cup last week, it was a quiet park with the world cup player bundled over for the first try. another england player assisted in the second try, elliott on his debut, after the breakforth try to ensure the bonus point and lay down something of a marker. have a dozen scores and more world cup stars lined up on the bench problem off the pitch, but audit the figures mightjust add off the pitch, but audit the figures might just add up off the pitch, but audit the figures mightjust add up yet. for the for the final score —— 44—3. let's take a look at some of the other hightlights from the european champions cup.. exeter chiefs put some distance between themselves and their rivals at the top of their pool this afternoon, with a 3a—18 win over glasgow warriors. winger tom o'flaherty scored the pick of the tries with this surging run in the second half. they are top of pool two on ten points after the first two rounds. dan big

obviously, there may be some dislocation between saracens players and the rest of the clubs. that's a reality, and we might have to work to mend those relationships a bit harder, and there might be some saracens players that feel like they've got to play for their club instead of their country to make sure they don't go down. so it's going to be a tough season for sarries. here are the thoughts of their former player kyran bracken who knows what will happen if they get relegated, if they implode or can get up quickly, but it's difficult with the european matches. are they liable to put out the strongest team or are they allowed to put out a younger team? there are lots of difficulties with england, with europe and the club itself. the new look davis cup is under way in madrid. rather than the old format of home and away ties through the year, there are 18 nations competing in six groups with the final on sunday. (00v)belgium got off to a flying start wining both their singles matches to win their opening tie against colombia. steve darcis won his match in straight sets, and t

so that saracen's game kicks off at 3:15 in paris. in today's other fixtures, northampton are playing lyon. currently 6—0 to northampton. joss butler hit a century in england's final warm—up game — ahead of their two—test series in new zealand. but the game ended in a draw in whangarei. butler's 110 runs helped england make 405 in reply to the new zealand a side's 302—6 declared. and despite 3 wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in time so it was drawn. the first test is on wednesday in tauranga. stefanos tsitsipas will face dominic thiem in the final of tennis's world tour finals in london this afternoon. it's the first time tsitsipas has qualified for the tournament and he caused a big upset in the semifinals, beating roger federer. the greek player, who's 17 years younger than federer, took an early lead and eventually the first set. federer was flawless in beating novak djokovic earlier in the competition but was well below par as tsitsipas eventually took the match in straight set

saracens aren‘t going to challenge the huge punishment for breaking the premiership salary cap. the english and european champions were hit with a 35 point penalty and 5 million pound fine. england head coach, eddiejones has been speaking about the issue. he says relationships may have been damaged within his squad by the punishment. 8 of his match day squad for the world cup finaljust over 2 weeks ago were sarries players including his captain owen farrell. and jones can see some of those players prioritising club over their country to help keep them up. it could have a significant impact, and it‘s something we need to weigh and it‘s something we need to weigh and look at very carefully. obviously, there may be some dislocation between saracens players and the rest of the clubs, that‘s a reality, that we might have to work to mend those relationships a bit harder. and there may be some saracens players who feel like they have to pay for the club instead of the country, to make sure they don‘t go down. so it‘s going to be a tough season for sarries — here are the tho

reaction to that whopping punishment for saracens? saracens have pulled out of attending the european champions cup launch in cardiff today, that's following yesterday's salary cap revelations. so, sarries are facing a 35 point penalty and a fine of over £5 million. it's comes after an inquiry into "business link—ups" between chairman nigel wray and some players. but now, the exeter director of rugby, rob baxter says that saracens will have won their last two titles "unfairly" if their appeal against breaching salary cap rules fails. exeter lost the last two premiership finals to saracens. here's what baxter had to say about the accusations becoming public... probably pleased that it's kind of out in the public. i think most people who have been involved with building squads and doing contracts and trying to keep players, trying to recruit players, especially over a number of years, you see the changes in the market and the way things work, probably have known for quite some while that squad has not been put together and kept toget

our european rugby champion saracens have been found guilty of breaching salary cap regulations the english team have been docked $35.00 points and fined close to $7000000.00 an investigation found the premiership title holders had failed to disclose player payments for the last 3 seasons seems in the english league are limited to spending $9000000.00 on player salaries per season 8 of the england squad that lost to south africa in that world cup final play for the club saracens have said they will be appealing. this punishment which leaves them extraordinary position of minus $26.00 in the table it doesn't reflect well on saracens it doesn't reflect well at all on english rugby to have their champions in that position the team that's one of these silverware being accused of cheating doesn't reflect well thought can saracens come back from this if they don't win the appeal well they'd be in danger of relegation and you might lose this huge club from the english premiership but what the bosses of english rugby have done here is said we will not tolerate any breach of salary cap regulations a

in sport, the saracens will not challenge their deduction. it comes as the coach says he is worried it will have a significant impact on his england squad. the new davis cup finals are under way in madrid. russia beat croatia. angling's first test against new zealand choice. test against new zealand full russia beat croatia. angling's first test against new zealand full update in15 test against new zealand full update in 15 minutes. borisjohnson has said his government will postpone promised cuts in corporation tax, if he wins the election. speaking to the annual conference of the employers organisation, the cbi, the prime minister said the move would save £6 billion which could be used for other priorities, including the nhs. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has also been addressing the conference. he set out his plans to create 320,000 apprenticeships in england. the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson said her party is the ‘natural party of business', because they would cancel brexit, and replace business rates with a landowner

premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. former saracens player kyren bracken believes people should wait for more details on the case before passing judgement on the premiership champions. everyone wants to be seen to be doing the right thing and playing within the rules, and if saracens have not been playing within the rules, then i would say throw the book at them. but i cannot see how they have when the panel actually said that they haven't intentionally tried to do anything. so i did we have to have a massive, full investigation what actually happened. staying with rugby. the victorious south africa team have landed on home soil after winning the world cup injapan. this is them coming through arrivals. captain siya kolisi raising the william webb—ellis trophy aloft to hundreds of fans welcoming them home. it's the first time they've won the trophy since 2007. i must say, the people outside, inside did help us a lot. it gave us another reason to fight even harder because we knew what was going to be like when we home,

there have been calls for saracens to be given more sanctions. tottenham captain hugo lloris remains on course to return to training early next year after having surgery on his elbow. lloris dislocated his elbow during the premier league match against brighton last month. a statement on the club's website said surgery had been advised but that it wasn't expected to lengethen his recovery time. well, lloris's spurs side are a step closer to the champions league knockout stages after beating red star belgrade 4—0 last night. son heung min scored twice, a win for spurs from their last two group games will see them through. and manchester city drew 1—1 all against atalanta, but they found themselves in a bizarre situation as they had to put an outfield player in goal. kyle walker pulled on the gloves and saved a free kick going towards goal. claudio bravo had replaced the injured ederson, but was then sent off. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. let us return to the action of the election. borisjohnson has been out on t

an independent panel found that saracens had failed to disclose payments over three seasons, and were found to have exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players. it's the biggest sanction in the history of the premiership. bayern munich are preparing for their champions league game against 0lympiakos under interim head coach hansi flick. it's after bayern parted company with niko kovac on sunday — a day after the club suffered a heavy 5—1 defeat at eintracht frankfurt. bayern sit 4th, four points off the top. the german champions can make the last 16 with a win on wednesday. they've won all three of their group games so far. gareth bale has been named in wales' squad for their decisive euro 2020 qualifiers, despite not playing for real madrid since his country's 1—1 draw with croatia last month. real play galatasaray in the champions league on wednesday. manager zinedine zidane said last week that bale is working to get fit again, but has not specified what his injury is. he's also confirmed he'd like the welshman to stay until the end of the season, after more rumours ab

saracens begin their european champions cup title defence today when they take on racing 92 in paris. but still the pre—match headlines are all about their pending domestic points deduction and huge fine for breaching the premiership's salary—cap regulations. saracens are not challenging a story in a newspaper today which claims they won't be contesting the sanctions. the deadline is midnight tomorrow. england's tommy fleetwood has a share of the lead in the nedbank challenge on the final day at sun city. his round included three eagles and four birdies. this was his last eagle at the 14th. unfortunately, he did make a few bogeys which means he's seven—under for his round, and in the clubhouse on 12—under for the tournament. sweden's marcus kinhult is also on 12—under but still has a few holes to play. joss butler hit a century in england's final warm—up game, ahead of their two—test series in new zealand. but the game ended in a draw in whangarei. butler's 110 runs helped england make 405 in reply to the new zealand a side's 302—6 declared. and despite three wickets e

saracens have been fined over £5 million and stripped of domestic league points for breaching salary cap regulations. there are details of all the day's games on the bbc sport website. england women ended 2019 with a clean sweep in their autumn internationals — finishing with a huge 60 points to 3 win over italy. world player of the year emily scarratt scored one of their ten tries in front of a full house in bedford. it was an impressive display against italy, who finished second to grand slam winners england in this year's six nations. play is under way in the final round of golf‘s season—ending tour championship in dubai, where spain'sjon rahm has the advantage over tommy fleetwood, as they vie to end the year as europe's top golfer. and england's charley hull is in contention heading into the final round of the women's tour championship in florida. she sank five birdies in her last nine holes to move to 11 under par — five shots off the lead. it looks as though tyson fury‘s rematch with deontay wilder is on next february, after wilder beat luis 0rtiz to retain his wbc w

and saracens aren't going to appeal that whopping fine and points deduction? no, perhaps surprisingly so, but i presume they have accepted their punishment and the body of evidence, they have accepted that punishment and the points penalty and that fine. for breaching rugby union's salary cap. chairman nigel wray admitted they made mistakes and has accepted the penalties. interestingly, though, it's the impact this could have on the england team. head coach eddiejones said relationships may have been damaged within his squad by the punishment. eight of his matchday squad for the world cup finaljust over two weeks ago were sarries players, including his captain, owen farrell. and jones admitted some of those players could end up prioritising club now over country. it could have a significant impact, and it's something that we need to weigh and look at very carefully. obviously, there may be some dislocation between saracens' players and the rest of the clubs, that's a reality, though we might have to work to mend those relationships a bit harder. and there migh

saracens begin their european champions cup title defence today when they take on racing 92 in paris. but still the pre—match headlines are all about their pending domestic points deduction and huge fine for breaching the premiership's salary—cap regulations. saracens are not challenging a story in a newspaper today which claims they won't be contesting the sanctions. the deadline is midnight tomorrow. joss butler hit a century in england's final warm—up game ahead of their two—test series in new zealand. but the game ended in a draw in whangarei. butler's 110 runs helped england make 405 in reply to the new zealand a side's 302—6 declared. and despite three wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in time, so it was drawn. the first test is on wednesday in tauranga. stefanos tsitsipas will face dominic thiem in the final of tennis's world tour finals in london this afternoon. it's the first time tsitsipas has qualified for the tournament, and he caused a big upset in the semifinals, beating roger federer. the greek player, who's 17 years,

the pair linked up debut for saracens. the pair linked up again after the break for their sites forth try to ensure the bonus point and lay down something of a marker. half a dozen scores by the end and more world cup stars lined up end and more world cup stars lined up on the bench, problems off the pitch, but on it, the figures might just add up yet. aa—3 the final score. elsewhere exeter built on their opening weekend win with a 3a—18 victory over glasgow. winger tom o'flaherty scored the pick of the tries with this surging run in the second half — that secured exeter the bonus point for getting four tries. they are top of pool two on ten points after the first two rounds. dan biggar kicked a penalty in the 85th minute to seal a bonus—point victory for northampton against benetton after a second—half fightback. saints scored 17 second—half points with tries by ollie sleightholme and a second for tom collins before biggar‘s decisive penalty. england's women scored ten tries as they crushed italy 60—3 in b

exeter lost the last two premiership finals to saracens and their ceo tony rowe said relegation would be a fair punishment. chiefs director of rugby rob baxter stopped short of that but has welcomed the findings. probably pleased that it is kind of out in public. i think most people who have been in involved with building squads and contracts in trying to recruit players over a number of years you see the change in the market and the way things works while that squad has not quite been put together and kept together and changed in a way it has been possible purely within what salary caps are laid out. manchester city and spurs are in champions league action later. they'll do well to match the drama at stamford bridge last night with eight goals, two red cards, late var drama and nothing to separate chelsea and ajax. after going 4—1 down, chelsea fought back to draw 4—1; after the dutch side had two players sent off. teenager reece james — who was playing for wigan last season — scored the equaliser. manager frank lampard described it as madness. a little calmer at anfield wher

what a tumultuous day it‘s been for saracens rugby club. they‘ve been docked 35 points and received a 5 million pound fine for breaching salary cap regulations. an independant panel had found wrongdoing relating to business partnerships between the owner nigel wray and some of the club‘s top players. premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. 0ur correspondent joe wilson has more. looking at this statement from premiership rugby they talk about the decision upholding the principle of the salary cap. premiership rugby has to ensure that there is a competitive level playing field. they say they are pleased that the process has a conclusion but of course saracens have the right to appeal against it and as it stands the severe punishment would seem to threaten their ongoing viability and certainly their superiority as a in force. staying with rugby... the first of the victorious south africa team have landed on home soil after winning the world cup injapan. this is them coming through arrivals... damien de all

english premier championships saracens won't contest the 35 point reduction and the £5 £2 million fine for breaking the salary cap. it's been just over two weeks since the rugby world cup, when south africa were crowned champions for the third time. england head coach eddiejones has since admitted making mistakes in his side's defeat in his new autobiography. he's been here in the bbc sport centre discussing how england dealt with losing a final they were favourites to win, and what he plans to do next. we have a young squad, the youngest tea m we have a young squad, the youngest team to play in a world cup final, so team to play in a world cup final, so there is still some growth in those players, but we also have to bejudicious and those players, but we also have to be judicious and making sure we select going forward, not going backwards. i think the thing you can do is when you have had a successful team, hang on players for a little bit too long, and i will be very strongly making sure that players that stay in the team for the six nations are players who want to take the team for

a reminder of our top stories, saracens have accepted their £5 million fine along with a points penalty for breaking rules. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. good evening. temperatures might left later as cloud starts to spill in. blue colours on the chart are an indication of a widespread frost. temperatures below freezing for many of you. more by sunrise. in rural parts of northern england, perhaps -6. -10 is parts of northern england, perhaps —6. —10 is possible over northern scotland. plenty of sunshine but we will see more cloud in the west. some fog patches of wheels, the midlands, southern england, dense fog which could lift into drizzle. northern and eastern england will have a sunny day. in northern ireland and the south—west of england, we will see some rain develop. the rain will be held off to western ears as we go through the next few days. heading towards the weekend, we could see more rain develop further east as well. you're watching beyond 100 days. the royal family is facing its biggest storm in years, in the wake of prince andrew

canada's barrick gold has sold its 50% stake in a huge gold mine in western australia to saracen mineral holding for $750m. barrick, the world's second largest producer of the yellow metal, said the funds would boost its balance sheet and also be used to invest in exisiting projects. saudi aramco — the saudi state oil giant — has announced it will be listing 1.5% of its shares, which it hopes will raise just above $25 billion. that would make it the world's largest initial public offering ever — valuing the company in the region of $1.7 trillion. however, the figure would be below the $2 trillion valuation crown prince mohammmed bin salman had hoped to reach. so you are up—to—date on the latest business stories. up next: newsbriefing. jonathan charles will rejoin me, but first: washington's smithsonian national zoo is about to say goodbye to one of its most popular residents. in a couple of days time, bei bei the panda will be flown back to china. as part of an agreement between the two countries, all pandas have to be returned when they are four years old, for breeding purpose

"strip saracens of two titles," is the headline in the times. thats what they say a number of rival clubs want. "in the gutter" is the mail's summary of where the game is at. and the headline in the express reads, "we're in a sarrie state." that 35—point deduction and £5—million fine on hold whilst they appeal that punishment, but the former england captain chris robshaw says the integrity of professional rugby is now under scrutiny. i think for us, in rugby, we tend to always think our grass is greener than others. we tend to look down on other people. we look down on football, we look down on athletics for cheating and stuff like this. but we're exactly the same now. we're in that position. rugby is in a tough place, which as a union, as a collective, we are going to have to get out of. and the world para athletics championships start in dubai today. great britain's sending 42 athletes to compete, and amongst them is kadeena cox, who won gold medals in both cycling and athletics at the paralympics in rio. she's been speaking to kate grey.

saracens in the dock. the european rugby champions plan to appeal a points deduction, which threatens to scupper their season. and the world champions arrive home. south africa receive a hero's welcome, after their rugby world cup triumph injapan. hello and welcome to the programme. the european champions league delivers again, with a feast of goals, drama, and entertainment. the pick of the ties on tuesday of match day four — chelsea against ajax. it was an incredible match at stamford bridge. chelsea staging a comeback to level it four all — while the visiting side were reduced to nine men. an eventful game, as our football reporterjohn bennett explains. this game had everything, two red cards, va are decisions going against the home team, changing the atmosphere on the ground, and eight goals as well. what a comeback by chelsea. they are very unlucky to find themselves 4— wandown. ajax did not play

this is a right old mess for saracens. in by a right old mess for saracens. in rugby there are really very strict rules about how much you can pay your players. that's why the saracens think it is a bit complicated. because they have appealed they will actually only beat nine points from bottom of the weekend instead of what they could be, which is —26. weekend instead of what they could be, which is -26. bosch. -- gosh stop do you know what cq tree is? seaweed. it came out of the sea. stop do you know what cq tree is? seaweed. it came out of the seam is here. this is a study from waitrose. they have done the usual thing about working out what the posh customers are buying. there are some really interesting things on the list, it gives us an idea of what the consumer habits are. seganism, a vegan diet that include sustainable seafood. salary chooses a big one on the instagram influences tell us that do you think celery is a good thing. there has beena celery is a good thing. there has been a spike in sales. all thoughts on this list, things like posh confer

he said he was very concerned with what happened with saracens, with their point reduction, because he felt there might be problems with relationships whenever one comes back into england camper. do you see it being any difficulty? what has been your reaction? not at all. i think that issue is at much higher stages than us as players. everyone accepts the news on this with everyone. everyone was honest. you just get on with it. at the end of the day, we are players, we have a common goal of winning and we just move on. especially this england team, it's really truly so together in tight, especially after this world cup, it was, yeah, you just move on. it's at stages higher than us. nice to see their friends again! well, staying with rugby and what does the sport and horses have in common? yes, you heard me right — horses. well, according to harlequins' joe marler, they are intrinsically linked. have a listen to what he said when asked how quins are preparing for their match against bath this weekend, after losing to clermont auvergne last time out. we got another week to get back on

also — they've lost both of their games in the champions cup so far, including a real thumping to saracens at the weekend so there they are at the bottom of pool four and already with a real fight on their hands. there are mitigating factors, clarke has had to deal with the absence of many key players who were away with wales at the world cup and some really cruel injury problems — but results are the bottom line and that is what has done for allen clarke at ospreys. another man announcing a move today, is this fella here, ben te'o. in many ways england's forgotten man. he was left out of the world cup squad in japan. he's announced today though that he is going to japan — only its to join the japanese side sunwolves for the 2020 super rugby season. he is 32 now, so given england's international selection policy this may well signal the end of his international career. it has been a remarkable career — across two codes — a prolific career in rugby league — west tigers, brisbane and here he is playing for south sydney where he won the nrl alongside sam burgess. leinster, worcestor

following their maximum fine and points deduction for breaking the salary cap, saracens have been fined by european rugby chiefs for failing to attend this season's champions cup launch. they are the holders. the world para athletics championships in dubai finished last friday. the british team came back with 29 medals including 13 golds, two of them from wheelchair racer hannah cockroft who is now a 12 time world champion. all roads lead to tokyo now and the paralympics next year. she spoke to me earlier. about eight months from tokyo now and that is the drive. the world championships have been so late this year. it has been a seven month long season which is a lot of competing and now i just season which is a lot of competing and now ijust have two weeks to recover and get rested and then get back into full training to get ready for tokyo. that is the drive, but we have such little time to do so much. we have to fit a whole winter season which is normally maybe seven months itself and the competition season which itself is normally four months into about eight months. so much time. in