after leo varadkar s surprise resignation. now on bbc news sportsday. here s gavin. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. coming up on the show. a dominant start for england in the women s six nations, despite a red card in their opener with italy. a monumentous collapse sees england lose the third t20 against new zealand. and max verstappen feels the melbourne heat, as carlos sainz leads a ferrari one two in the australian grand prix. and chelsea are back on top of the women s super league after they beat west ham. hello there, and welcome to sportsday. it will take something special to stop england in the women s six nations this year, as the defending champions cruised past italy in their opening match today. the red roses turned on the style in the second half, as they begin their campaign for sixth tournament victory in a row, with 48 0 bonus point win in parma as jane dougall reports. for the 100th time, marley packer strode out to represent her count
of the paris town hall. dozens of participants set off carrying a plate with a croissant, coffee, and a glass of water for a two kilometre long route through central paris. i could do with a coffee and a croissant now. that s all from sportsday. we will see you soon. thanks to gavin and the sportsday team in salford. tributes have continued to be paid following the death of richard taylor who campaigned against knife crime for more than two decades following the death of his son damilola, aged just ten years old, in south london. alison earle has been to peckham to see how his work affected many in the community. no parent will experience what we experienced will just forget about it, because this child was a gift. the murder of ten year old damilola taylor as he walked home from a library shocked the nation back in 2000. but for his grieving father, richard, it became the start of a crusade to tackle violent crime. jennifer met him through her youth work in peckham. he was
among the dead, three children. the country is in mourning and in shock. inside the venue this morning, a complex rescue operation was still under way. such was the damage, they re having to cut through debris to try to gain access to the music hall itself, where it s feared that more bodies could be found. translation: overnight, a hole| in the main building was created, in order to get engineering equipment inside the concert hall and ensure the work of rescue workers. plans were also made to extinguish small fires on the roof of the building. gunfire. a glimpse here of the terror of friday night, as the gunmen shot their way into the hall. people finding whatever shelter they could from indiscriminate firing. imagine you had a relative at the concert and hadn t heard from them since. translation: the last| time yana contacted me was from the concert hall. she sent me one photo and then a second. i wrote to her and sent a second message. the first message was read on whatsa
loss against sweden. three us players, inlcuding theirstar, megan rapinoe, missed in the deciding penalty shootout. now on bbc news: sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m paul scott at the bbc sport centre here s what s coming up. not to be: england fall short in their bid for netball world cup glory. over and out: megan rapinoe s dream of further world cup success comes to an end, as sweden book their place in the last 8. and bouncing back: mathieu van der poel recovers from this crash to become world road champion. we start with disappointment for england s netballers. they have fallen just short in their quest for world cup glory, after losing to australia 61 45 in the final in cape town. ben croucher reports. in cape town, if you try to take on all the dramatic scenery, you could miss what is right in front of you. cut out the distractions, remove the noise for england s roses, their sights were set on one thing. a step into the unknown in a first world cup final
foden s on fire as man city come from behind to punish rivals united in the manchester derby. frustration for celtic the defending champions miss the chance to regain top spot in scotland, with defeat today. and arsenal stay in touch at the top in the wsl, with victory in the north london derby at the emirates. also coming up on sportsday. jemma reekie looks to put the finishing gloss on gb s world indoors campaign with gold in the 800 metres later. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. it was always going to be tough for manchester united against their now dominant rivals, manchester city, in today s derby. a marcus rashford wonder strike had them daring to dream going into half time, as city missed a string of chances. but pep guardiola s side were on the money in the second half, with a superb strike from phil foden firing them into gear. joe wilson reports. a star centre forward walked out to play. well, between the two manchesters, there are other strikers. uni