Back to back titles in the six nations as irleand prove their Northern Hemisphere dominance once more. Four goals from the 83rd minute onwards the first fa cup Quarter Final has a blistering climax and a win for coventry. Joining them Manchester City, two deflections but smooth progress nonetheless against newcastle. And a good first day not great on day two. How do rory mcilroy s chances look during his third round at the players championship . Hello again. Ireland have secured back to back six nations titles, Beating Scotland In Dublin by 17 points to 13. A victory that gives them an unassailble lead in the championship with just france against england to come tonight. Our correspondent andy swiss was there to see it at the aviva stadium. It was close at the end, but ireland are over the line. As you can probably hear the party is very much in full swing. Ireland are once again the sensations for that goodness me, they had to work for it. In the last half hour we had a moment of all
was arguably in 1985 when he beat thomas hit man hearns in a fight known as the war . tributes have been paid to hagler across the sport of boxing. former featherweight world champion barry mcguigan tweeted, shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the incredible marvellous marvin hagler. i m honoured to have spent some amazing times with him. former middleweight champion oscar de la hoya also tweeted, saddened to hear about the death of marvelous marvin hagler. one of the greatest to ever step in the ring. the world of formula 1 is continuing to pay tribute to the voice of the sport. murray walker who as we ve been hearing this morning passed away last night. after more than a0 years in broadcasting, his voice is one of the most recognisable in sport. earlier this morning, there was a fitting tribute ahead of the final two testing sessions at the bahrain international circuit. world champions past and present have been sharing their memories. seven ti
Cross country event. Meanwhile, in the arena, north korean cheerleaders mesmerise the crowds with incredible synchronisation. And scotland fight back to earn a first win in this years six nations, with a hard fought victory against france. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A russian domestic passenger plane has crashed on the outskirts of the russian capital, killing all 71 people on board. It took off from Moscows Domodedovo airport. Some witnesses say it broke up in midair. The black box recorder has been recovered. Our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been giving us the latest. Its early days and all of those things are being looked into right now. There doesnt appear to have been any extra ordinary weather conditions. The wind was fairly light, according to reports ive read, and although it is the depth of winter, its extremely cold, there was no heavy snowfall. No obvious reason for the weather to have caused this. We dont know if it was a technical failure. This w
Gales blowing through. These are the wintry showers and will continue through the course of this evening and night into some western and Northern Areas but the east and southis Northern Areas but the east and south is going to be clear and cold. The winds are also going to drop out and the temperatures will fall. We are talking about 2, minus three degrees in city centres. It will be cold in rural spots, possibly minus five. Some monday dawns on a cold and frosty zero, lots of sunshine around, and then monday night, more bad weather on the way. The latest headlines on bbc news. The government is warning 0xfam and other uk charities that funding will be withdrawn if they fail to co operate with the authorities in cases of Sexual Exploitation by staff. A russian passenger aircraft has crashed shortly after taking off from domodedovo airport in moscow killing all 71 people on board. The leader of south africas ruling anc party cyril ramaphosa, says the future of the countrys president jac