at home to the south african side, the cheetahs. there were only four points in it at one stage, but after this try from george horne, the scottish side went on to win by 37 points to 23 — they stay top of their group. meanwhile there was drama in the other group, conference b. ulster led 16—14 going into injury time but this drop goal from edinburgh's duncan weir handed victory to the scottish side. they move above ulster into third place. and ospreys beat southern kings 28—12. three tries in the last 15 minutes meant the welsh side picked up a bonus point against the south africans, who have lost all 15 games they've played since joining the proili. warrington wolves gained theirfirst win of the new super league season beating local rivals widnes vikings. two tries from centre ryan atkins helped them to an 18—10 victory at the halton stadium. they had lost their opening two fixtures under new head coach steve price. play is well under way in the second round of the genesis open in california rory mcilroy made a solid start with two birdies in his opening three holes. he's currently two under overall. he's playing with tiger woods who started with a birdie but has since slumped to two over. american patrick ca ntlay is the clubhouse leader on seven under par. now let's look back at day seven of the winter olympics pyeongchang and britain's first day with a medal. dom parsons provided a bronze in the men's skeleton after what he says were ‘io years busting a gut... and a competition that had us holding our breath until the last 10 minutes. as ben croucher reports. announcer: dom parsons! at last! six days of medal—less olympics for great britain, on the seventh that demon was laid to rest. dom parsons is doing a phd in mechanical engineering, a study of calm before the most important two runs of his life. lying in fourth, parsons got his angles just right, sliding down the track but crucially up the standings after his first run. all he had to do now was to finish it off. if he beat the russian athlete behind him he'd be guaranteed a medal, a first for a british man in the sport since 1948. commentator: he's in front marginally of tregubov. but it's uphill for the line now. off bend 16, is it to be? no! oh, no! he misses out by two hundredths of a second. so was that wait for a medal going to continue? parsons didn't have too long to find out, needing a slipup from latvia's martins dukurs. yes! behind parsons. dom parsons unbelievably has his medal for great britain! yes, dom! i thought i'd lost it and after that second run, well, fourth run, i thought it had gone away. yeah, i looked up at the time, made a couple too many mistakes on that run. but martins made more mistakes and he's the last person i thought would make those mistakes. parsons‘ teammates were quick to congratulate him as well. speedskater elise christie, having suffered her own medal agony, was one of the first to express her delight. could this now be a catalyst for the rest of team gb and men's skeleton? maybe dom doing that, all the new team, the guys, the development squad behind him have proven it isn't impossible and the girls have got the medals and now the guys have started it with dom, and now let's see what the future brings more british skeleton. now parsons has got britain finally up and running, the wait for another medal might not be too long, the women could add to it tomorrow. ben croucher, bbc news. the women's skeleton could well provide further medals, — they're half way through their competition. lizzie yarnold is the defending champion after gold in sochi and led after the first run. but she lost time on the second to sit third overall... i love to compete at these big events when everyone is bringing their best. i think i am still well in the mix. that is the big goal, which is frightening to say sometimes but to be the first british winter olympian to retain my title. it's not easy, it's been a ha rd title. it's not easy, it's been a hard few years but hopefully i can do it for everyone who has supported me. laura deas is the other british competitior in the event. and she improved on the second run... when she was second fastest to sitjust a place behind yarnold in fourth overall. the third run starts at 11:20 tomorrow, with the final run at 12:16. britain's men have suffered their second defeat of the curling competition. they were trailing european champoins sweden with one end to go. they couldn't provde the special finish needed to take it to an extra end. so they've won two, lost two in the round robin phase. that's all from sportsday. just a reminder that coverage of day eight of the winter olympics gets under way on bbc one, the red button and the bbc sport website from midnight. nine medals up for grabs. there's more sport on the news channel throughout the weekend. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. a bit early, even with the winter olympics on! that's ok, we were ready, poised, waiting. look at them. with me are kevin schofield, editor of politics home and katie martin, the head of fast ft. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. brexit leads the front of the ft this weekend — with a picture of theresa may and angela merkel meeting in berlin in the run up to a security summit this weekend. the i says mrs may warned lives will be put at risk unless there is a brexit security deal. the express leads with brexit too — the paper quotes a prominent remain campaigner who it claims said britain should stay in the eu because older people who backed brexit will "die off". the telegraph have an interview with a former czech spy who claimsjeremy corbyn was a cold war source. the labour leader denies those allegations in the mail. the times headlines news that the government has blocked oxfam from applying for any more government funding until they've got their house in order after the sex scandal. a delighted dom parsons is on the front of the guardian as he picks up bronze for britain in the skeleton. the mirror leads with the story of a transgenderjockey hoping to become the first person to win a race as both a man and a woman. so brexit and oxfam makes several of the front pages, as do mr corbyn‘s meetings with a czech official. let's ta ke let's take a look at the ft and all the stories coming out of the us throughout the evening, about russians who have been charged with interfering in us elections after mueller investigation. 13 russian individuals and three russian organisations. this story dropped late this afternoon, it's a pretty explosive story. this is one of the results effectively of the long—running investigation into potential interference. donald trump has said in a number of times is fa ke has said in a number of times is fake news, it's nothing, nothing to see here. today the fbi comes along and indicts i3 see here. today the fbi comes along and indicts 13 individuals and three groups, saying we have strong reasons to believe they may have been interfering in our election, defrauding the us effectively. one of the people they are looking closely at is someone who is described as putin's chef. a long—time associate of the russian president, he is the chap who runs the online troll factory outside st petersburg. there is a lot of focus on what extent did this kind of online interference have any impact? internet research agency, i think it is... the troll factory, everyone calls it! obviously trump has come out with a tweet, because this is donald trump, saying there is nothing to see, no collusion. this is the fbi, they don't muck about and check out indictments on a friday afternoon for no good reason. this looks awkward. at the moment it doesn't look like there is any actual american involved, implicated, as far as we can tell from what we've been told so far? robert mueller was making maps pretty clear there is no americans, wittingly or unwittingly, anyway, no evidence to suggest anyone knew, any americans knew, this was going on. interesting donald trump has an immediate response to say, i'm in the clear, rather than this is pretty concerning. as president, you would think you would be at least a little concerned about the fact the us election could be at risk of being spun in one way or another by a foreign country. without suggesting that anything donald trump knew anything about it, you only have to look at who was benefiting from these activities allegedly, activities were targeted at ted cruz, marco rubio, opponents of donald trump, and also hillary clinton. support of bernie sanders when he was a candidate, and in support of donald trump. it lends weight to the theory that the russians were upset at the prospect of donald trump becoming president. this is the latest stage in this investigation. it's interesting that it's not over any time soon, they are feeling their way. there has also been a plea bargain and a separate charge connected to russian activities. the scale of this investigation is just enormous. again, the timing of this indictment that has come do today is awkward for the white house because there are other reports in the us press that there are dozens, maybe hundreds of people working in the white house who don't have proper security clearance yet, the checks that should go through quickly have not gone through really quickly for this administration. it builds up a picture that is pretty concerning. let's stay with the ft but a different story. number ten games for alignment with the eu to retain city access after brexit. —— aims for alignment. michel barnier not to be convinced yet there will be any special plea there? he's been at pains to stress there can be no special arrangements for the uk, given theresa may has made clear britain will be leaving the single market and customs union. he said there are enough but don't expect any special favours from us if that's the case. the city has been lobbying hard to the government to make the case for, they can't have trade barriers or substantial trade barriers imposed that would hamper their activities. the financial times have a good story tonight, which parker, the political editor, always a trustworthy source, he says basically britain is now looking at a system of mutual recognition whereby the eu and britain would agree on areas on which they can see eye to eye and recognise each other's standards and regulations and how that would be policed by an independent body. the picture there of theresa may and angela merkel in munich earlier today, angela merkel has the same thing this afternoon, what they want is more clarity from the government. what exactly we are looking for with brexit. this slowly surely would suggest the government is coming up with some type of vision they can present to europe.|j don't like to correct but i think they were in berlin. they were in berlin? beg your pardon, they are in munich tomorrow. it's always about the geography with me. curious, though. wasn't that a dubious word for the german chancellor to use, that she is curious about what britain intends. well, yes. that sort of harks back to the conversation that theresa may and angela merkel had last month in davos where there was this whole report that she said, make us a deal. merkel is like, you are the ones that are leaving. it doesn't work this way. this idea of how to retain a city access has been kicking around for quite awhile, it has been the preferred option for a lot of lo b by has been the preferred option for a lot of lobby groups on both sides of the fence for quite a long time because it is in nobody ‘s interest that the city. art. it's a huge tax generatorfor that the city. art. it's a huge tax generator for the that the city. art. it's a huge tax generatorfor the uk that the city. art. it's a huge tax generator for the uk and we don't wa nt to generator for the uk and we don't want to have any financial instability, either in the uk or in the eu as a result of the inevitable, what will happen when we leave. this is a way to try and, i'm going to say slightly fudge it, so we agree on principles. but we might differ on how to achieve those aims. it's a lot of fudging. it's a very public a dead. let's look at the i, another brexit story. —— it's a very complicated. inevitably there will have to be sharing of information, intelligence. surely that is in everyone's interest. of course. this isa everyone's interest. of course. this is a story you can read however you wa nt is a story you can read however you want depending on where you stand on the backs debate, you could see this

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