and another unexplained death involving a russian oligarch. the sausage tycoon pavel antov has been found dead at an indian hotel. now on bbc news, we look back at how rugby star kevin sinfield raised £1.5 million for motor neurone disease charities by completing seven ultramarathons in seven days after the diagnosis of his former teammate rob burrow. burro! seventh try! it is a little known burro! seventh try! it is a little known win burro! seventh try! it is a little known win for burro! seventh try! it is a little known win for number- burro! seventh try! it is a little known win for number seven, i burro! seventh try! it is a little i known win for number seven, and burro! seventh try! it is a little - known win for number seven, and it is seven known win for number seven, and it is seven for known win for number seven, and it is seven for the known win for number seven, and it is seven for the leeds known win for number seven, and it is seven for the leeds
after it has been hit by a succession of severe winter storms leaving 25 million residents under a flood watch. now it s time for we are england: england s next lionesses that s a great ball, just keep another two on it. keep your ball, maisie, keep your ball. when i played football, it was literally our life. | it really was an enjoyable time of my football career. - one day i d love to play for england, it would be fantastic. we have to get this work done, we have to be right for that first game. good save, millie. come on. good, that s shot. football, it s my whole life, like, yeah. football is everything, yeah. one, two, three, four! cheering and shouting. it was amazing, the start of the year, it was like a sense of adrenaline. over the years, you see how close they are getting and they ve not quite got there to win that position. go, millie. go, girl. here today, amazing. when i went to go first, first, that was celebrations all round when they scored, coming back. that
for november, in scotland, we didn t expect this! when you are running, especially at the pace is running out, the same muscle groups mainly do all the work, so it is mainly just trying to keep them as good as we can, really, and hoping for the best. but he has got the strongest muscle up here, which makes the job a bit easier. the first night was spent at doddy s hometown rugby club melrose. crowd s amazing again, isn t it? it s nice to be at the rugby club, and doddy played here. carl who is with us, that was their club. so, yes, very nice. thank you for coming down. cheering thank you very much. not sure about the shirt! everybody that has been out on the road was absolutely amazing, to come out and supporters, it has been incredible. across the border and into england, crowds were growing, both in size and volume as the news of his exploits spread. cheering 280 miles in a week. what would that be like? faster than i can run! like going to blackpool or something. - support
to the pope emeritus, benedict the sixteenth, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. good evening, welcome to sportsday this monday night i m chetan pathak, coming up on the programme: paying their respects to a football legend thousands of mourners gather in brazil where pele is lying in state. celtic score late to stay nine points clear, denying rangers victory in the old firm derby. and martina navratilva says she ll fight with all she s got after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. news from the premier league and an eventful old firm derby in scotland to come but we start tonight in brazil where mourners are continuing to gather to pay their respects to pele, who s lying in state at the football ground of his former club santos. the three time world cup winner died at the age of 82 last week. our south america correspondent katy watson is there for us. we know the brazilian government said there would be thre
ago, his former leeds rhinos team mate kevin sinfield has taken an increasingly arduous challenges. used to be a 32 waist! i hope that s comfortable enough. the latest, and by far the hardest, seven ultra marathons in seven days a total of 300 miles. it started at murrayfield in edinburgh, the home of scottish rugby. former international doddy weir was there to see them off, just two weeks before he died. i can t wait to get going. i think the support, as you can see this morning, has been incredible. we didn t expect this at all, to have doddy here and cathy. it s been a big build up, but we are on the way now. we are going to send kevin- on his way with a massive cheer in three, two, one. off you go, kevin! there he goes, ladies and gentlemen! wearing the number seven, in honour of his great friend rob burrow. - ahead of the team, a 40 mile run through the scottish borders. the expertise of the support group was vital from the early stages. thanks for coming, everybody. p