were forced to reveal a massive drop in party membership this week. now it s over to the sports centre for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. ireland are grand slam champions they defeated england in dublin and the celebrations are onlyjust beginning. france kept their end of the deal, but ultimately not enough they came away with a win over wales in paris. also coming up on sportsday: 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? from the bbc sport centre, this is sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come but we start with the six nations, and ireland have won a first six nations title since 2018. they ve completed the grand slam with a 29 16 win against england in dublin. jess softley reports. this is ireland s night. this is the
projected results from french parliamentary elections show that president emmanuel macron s centrist alliance is set to lose its majority. a coalition led by the far left leader, jean luc melenchon, is predicted to come second, but marine le pen s far right party has also done well. the two were in jubilant mood as they addressed their supporters, shortly after the first projections were announced. translation: the level of attention is still far too high, which means that a large part of the population does not know where to turn, so much so that the three blocks are at similar levels. it is not put us in first or in second place. it is a failure of macronism, the moral failure of those who gave lessons to everyone. translation: this group will be by far the biggest in history of our political party. i would like to give my gratitude to all our voters who have put their trust in us. you have my promise that we will defend in parliament the ideas on immigration, security, une
injury, but back foot subti tonight for northern ireland. yeah, he has been key for for northern ireland. yeah, he has been key for northern for northern ireland. yeah, he has been key for northern ireland - for northern ireland. yeah, he has been key for northern ireland for i for northern ireland. yeah, he has| been key for northern ireland for a lon- been key for northern ireland for a long time been key for northern ireland for a long time. over 100 caps and almost all of long time. over 100 caps and almost all of them long time. over 100 caps and almost all of them were starts. that speaks volumes all of them were starts. that speaks volumes for all of them were starts. that speaks volumes for him. what a great player for him volumes for him. what a great player for him he volumes for him. what a great player for him. he has had injury problems. hope for him. he has had injury problems. hope hell for him. he has had injury problems. hope he ll get over them and ha
in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? from the bbc sport centre, this is sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come but we start with the six nations, and ireland have won a first six nations title since 2018. they ve completed the grand slam with a 29 16 win against england in dublin. jess softley reports. this is ireland s night. this is their grand slam, historic fourth title on a special weekend. but it was england who started the brightest, looking for redemption after that defeat to france. eye when farrell had them ahead by six points after 15 minutes. butjohnny sexton had records of his own to