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
let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today: elena rybakina beat world number one iga swiatek in straight sets to reach the women s singles final at indian wells. it took herjust an hour and 17 minutes. rybakina will face second seed aryna sabalenka in the final. novak djokovic won t be playing at next week s miami open, after being denied entry to the united states again. he d applied for special permission because he s not vaccinated against covid 19. proof of vaccination is required until at least april 10th. sam bennett s hopes of winning milan sanremo ended around 21 miles from the finish, after the irishman was involved in this crash. mat van der pol won the prestigious one day race, in north west italy, 62 years after his french grandfather. essapekka lappi s hopes of winning rally mexico are over, after this crash on stage 11. the finn had started today five seconds clear of sebastien oh zhey, but now the frenchman has the lead ahead of his t