the scottish national party s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect after they were forced to reveal a dramatic drop in membership this week. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s crunch time in dublin as ireland go for the grand slam against england we ll have the latest. earlier france kept alive their hopes of snatching the title, with a win over wales in paris. and reunion at the etihad but will burnley s vincent kompany come away all smiles against his former boss in the fa cup quarterfinals? a blow for f1 champion max verstappen he won t be on pole, for this weekend s saudi grand prix. we ll tell you why. and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they re on course to
around contact with hugo keenan s head. 20 minutes to g and around 20 minutes to go in that one, and it is currently 10 90 ireland, so england have clawed some more points back. very close there, ireland will want to claim that grand slam. around 20 minutes to go in that match in dublin. france did what they had to do to keep alive their hopes of retaining the six nations. they secured with a bonus point 41 28 win against wales in paris. ben croucher reports. daring to dream, only a win would do for france, regardless of what would later go down in dublin. it wasn t the ideal start, though. 35 later go down in dublin. it wasn t the ideal start, though. 7.5 minutes of early pressure, the ideal start, though. 7.5 minutes of early pressure, the the ideal start, though. 7.5 minutes of early pressure, the french - the ideal start, though. 7.5 minutes of early pressure, the french dam l the ideal start, though. 7.5 minutes| of early pressure, the french dam is broken. ~ ., , of early pre
and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they re on course to complete the grand slam with 20 minutes of their match against england remaining. england made the better start and took an early lead thanks to two penalties from 0wen farrell, but ireland hit back with what looked like a pre rehearsed move. hooker dan sheehan overpowered manu tuilagi to cross over. england trailed ten six and were then reduced to 14 men when freddie steward s elbow made contact with hugo keenan s head.
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