interview suggested if he didn't think he was about to be sort of cut the bulleted straight into the leadership of the 18, but it certainly really pushes him forward into a position in the next two or three years to look for leadership in the lentils. michael hutchinson, thank you very much for your time. now for a look at some of tonight's other headlines... manchester united and france midfielder paul pogba has denied reports he's planning to quit international football, following comments from french president emmanuel macron on islam. pogba said the reports were unacceptable and that he'll take legal action. in the superleague top of the table st helen's are taking on challenge cup finalists salford red devils. it's currently 10—6 to saint helen's withjosh eaves scoring the only try so far. leeds and castleford play later. wales will play their autumn nations cup matches next month away from the principality stadium in cardiff. the venue is currently being used as a coronavirus field hospital. instead they'll play at the scarlets home ground in llanelli. to rugby now and — nearly eight months after it got under way — the six nations will finally conclude on saturday. all the teams were in action over the weekend after the enforced break due to the pandemic — apart from england. they were supposed to be playing the barbarians in a warm up game yesterday — but the rfu had to cancel it after 12 baba players broke covid rules. well england head coach eddiejones has had to revise his preparations for their match against italy. he has named a 36 man squad for the game. joining us to discuss the latest is our rugby reporter, sara 0rchard. how much of a spanner in the works was the cancellation for eddie jones? well, it means that england are the only competitive side going into this weekend's final round of six nations matches without a game under their belts. we do understand from eddiejoness press conference earlier today that they did quickly arrange what he termed as a competitive training session to replicate the game in some way. however, he was very quick to reassure england fans that england won't in any way be undercooked when it comes to next weekend and making sure that everyone knows that they dealt very well with the circumstances thrown at them. i quicklyjust went circumstances thrown at them. i quickly just went up circumstances thrown at them. i quicklyjust went up to my room and worked out a plan b. i didn't get involved in the emotion i quicklyjust went up to my room and worked out a plan b. i didn't get involved in the emotion of what happened. did a plan b, then got our logistics manager, and charlotte, and our captain, 0wen up. we quickly had a plan in place about an hour after the postponement of the game — or cancellation of the game, should i say. and we were onto the next thing, mate. we're pretty good at these things. you know, we had the same situation with the typhoon injapan. so we moved on. this time it was just a bit of a different typhoon. now, there were nine england players that are currently out injured at the moment, big names that you would expect to see in the england team street, the likes of saracens elliot daly and... . jones street, the likes of saracens elliot daly and... .jones has made additions to his squad today, exciting young players including wasps jack willis and exeter‘s journey hill who could be making their debuts even at the end of the six nations campaign all in the autumn fixtures and, of course, england they could win the six nations title. if they can beat italy with a bonus point this weekend and the result between france and ireland goes away. jane. it was better news for england women. they are six points clear with one match still to play. and then equally pleased to be joined 110w then equally pleased to be joined now by england scrum natasha hunt. congratulations but did it seem odd winning without having to play? it's so winning without having to play? it's so strange. we've had a few messages come through, some of my parents and grandparents were congratulating me and itjust grandparents were congratulating me and it just seems grandparents were congratulating me and itjust seems a bit bizarre. very strange, we haven't touched a by very strange, we haven't touched a rugby ball played for like seven months properly, internationally, so it's just a bit strange. months properly, internationally, so it's just a bit strangelj months properly, internationally, so it'sjust a bit strange. i imagine that's quite difficult, not being able to play any competitive matches and then watching the resumption of the six nations. yet, it was tough, but especially scotland had such a terrible time in terms of having two of their matches postponed and then obviously the last weekend that eve ryo ne obviously the last weekend that everyone got cancelled so for them to get back out there and play was brilliant and it was just great to see such a great result for them and obviously what it meant for us was amazing as well. so, your final matches against italy on sunday, a chance to win back—to—back grand slams but do you feel that perhaps with the six nations you might need more of a challenge in the future, maybe other countries coming into the competition? to be honest, i don't think so. i think the teams that are there are getting better year on year. a lot of people i don't think would have seen scotland running france so close and it was a strong french team as well, it wasn't like they had weakened the squad by any means and i think that just goes to show the growth that is happening in the women's game so i think the teams that we have got a really good and i think the more that's invested into them, the better they're going to the end especially the belief that the name 110w especially the belief that the name now have, i think there will be massive for the scotland girls and equally like the island girls, obviously how they played against italy at the weekend. i think we have a good space and it will be great to give them more than more time together. like we are, we are very lucky to be together so much but i definitely think that the women's game is in an all right place at the moment. well, natasha hunt, congratulations again thank you very much speaking to us. the last few years have been difficult for england all—rounder ben stokes to say the least. from the lows when he was cleared of affray — to the highs when he helped england win the world cup. then recently his father fell ill in new zealand. stokes has been by his side since august, but — now back playing in the ipl — he got his highest t20 score yesterday as he led his team to victory. in an exclusive interview with the tms does the ipl podcast, stokes has been reflecting on a few tumultuous years. patrick gearey has more. asa as a cricketer, ben stokes genius can manifest over days and entire summers. can manifest over days and entire summers. it can also be distilled into two deliveries. the part of a 59 ball century for rajasthan royals. the next ball when the game for them. a dozen time out of this bodyis for them. a dozen time out of this body is now opening the batting and it seems he has his eye on. it does ta ke it seems he has his eye on. it does take a while to sort of get back into the swing of things but, i guess, it is sort of like by or riding a bike. 0nce guess, it is sort of like by or riding a bike. once you do it once and learn how to do it you never forget. but being in the top and trying to force the game of six overs i have really enjoyed. like most superheroes, there is a complex back story to stokes. the front pages in fallout that followed his fight outside a bristol bar and then find the top of the world in the man who conquered his sport before transcending it. and, more privately, the illness of his father who he has been visiting in new zealand. if nothing else, it brings perspective. being in the public eye, let's say that you've got to come to terms with that. people are going to have an opinion about you, people are going to write stuff about you, going to say stuff about you, good or bad. what really matters is the opinion of the people who actually matter to you. you know, i've had, you know, the book thrown at me. i've also had people, you know, wanting everything to do with me. but then those same people who want everything to do with an eight were then throwing the book at mea eight were then throwing the book at me a year later. so i don't really ca re me a year later. so i don't really care about them. his achievements mean care about them. his achievements m ea n sto kes care about them. his achievements mean stokes doesn't have the option of hiding it lives non—strikers end and the cricketer of this generation feels a responsibility the next. this is probably the biggest opportunity that we have is an organisation to really take the game to the next level for, you know, for the next female cricketers, the next male cricketers, because, yeah, in ten or 15 years time if one person says, oh, istarted playing ten or 15 years time if one person says, oh, i started playing cricket because of what 2019 was, that would because of what 2019 was, that would be awesome. even just one. because of what 2019 was, that would be awesome. evenjust one. so because of what 2019 was, that would be awesome. even just one. so that would be an all something to look back on when we have a tired, old, and can't walk because of what we've done on the field. perhaps only then will bowlers everywhere be safe. u nfortu nately for will bowlers everywhere be safe. unfortunately for them, super stokes will be hanging up his cape soon. patrick geary, bbc news. —— super stokes will not be hanging up his cape any time soon. here's some of tonight's other headlines. staying with the ipl and england one day captain eoin morgan hit a0 as kolkata knight riders made 149 against kings 11 punjab. it wasn't enough — kings 11 surpassed that total with the loss of just two wickets. two players from ac milan who played against celtic on thursday have tested positive for covid—19. gian—luigi donnarumma and jens petter hauge took tests along with squad yesterday. milan play roma tonight. one of the biggest names in american football is expected to be out for the rest of the season after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament. cleveland browns wide receiver odell beckham junior suffered the injury in his side's victory over the cincinnati bengals yesterday. now, when welterweight boxer kell brook couldn't persuade his regular trainer, dominic ingle to travel to his base in spain because of coronavirus, he turned to social media and found a local trainer on instagram. brook has been working with carlos formento ahead of his fight with wbo welterweight champion terence crawford. i've never worked with him previous to before because, like i say, dominic's my trainer number one so basically, when i knew that dominic couldn't be out and be working with me, i messaged him on instagram and i basically said, let's work together. you know, i've watched you, i like your style, i like what you, i like your style, i like what you do, and the first day, i knew. i just knew that we gelled unbelievable. he's not got any other hobbies. he is basically obsessed, he is passionate, and that's everything i need in this fight. i don't feel the pressure in this fight because i feel that i've got to applaud kent terence crawford for taking this fight because he in there with the monster with self belief. i'm a possessed man. iwant to prove all the doubters wrong. there might motivators and i'm going in there with nothing but giving it my all because if i win, lose, or draw, like i said to you, i know that when i do have those gloves ups i've given it my all. i can sleep at night knowing that i'm not you know, i've not deviated from the plant and this is what i've always wanted to do since i was nine years old, become world champion and be involved in the best fights possible and people writing off the way they are, this is going to be so emotional, you know, just that win and proving them all wrong and just being there with my family, people who really do believe in me and knowing that i can do it in the world knows. i go on and go down as a living legend and making history so, you know, this is what i were born today. best of luck to him. two matches in the premier league tonight. in the early match brighton v west brom. 16th against 17th in the table. the second half is under way and it's1—0 to brighton an own goal from west brom's jake livermore. ivanovic trying to clear the ball, but hitting the baggie's captain, and it ended up in the net. burnley host tottenham later. awin a win would take space for burnley could move out of the bottom three. —— spurs fifth. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. it's going to be a cold night, close enough to freezing, temperatures rise later in the night as cloud spills its way in and outbreaks of a developer of are the wet morning. but here where we start off with a wet weather, things will brighten up, sunshine and showers later. sunny start through eastern and northern england to scotland but it is here in the afternoon where we replaced the sunshine the cloud and other acts of rain, again, for some it will be heavy. staying dry across the north—east of scotland but here across many north—eastern areas after the actually start temperature struggling to rise. my illness was the south and west where the sunshine and showers get going in the afternoon up to around 15. two tuesday night, the rangers push the north—east of scotland. the chows keep going into a fairly showery when stable for the rest of the fairly with time and some pretty rough seas the west. goodbye for now. hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is 0utside source. just over a week until the us election — and the coronavirus pandemic is taking centre stage. we are absolutely rounding the corner, other than the fake news wa nts to corner, other than the fake news wants to scare everybody, we are absolutely rounding the corner. the way he is handling covid isjust absolutely totally irresponsible. new coronavirus infections in the us hit a record high over the weekend — over 85,000 in a single day. 0ur washington correspondent will take us through all the developments. meanwhile — countries across europe are struggling to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections. in belgium — some hospitals have asked their staff who've tested

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