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but it comes at a time where the future of the professional game in england is unclear. the premiership rugby club worcester warriors have been suspended from all competitions after failing to meet a deadline set by the rugby football union to provide a plan for their future funding. worcester have debts of £25 million, including at least six million in unpaid tax. matt kvesic goes over the line. referee: i ve got to check. for me as a reporter understanding what s happened hasn tjust been a professionaljourney. it s also been a personal one. my husband, matt kvecic, was one of the worcester warriors players who lost his job. it was tough, like, it was there s so much uncertainty at the time, which i think was, um, that s probably the toughest bit, but almost the worst bit was like there was also hope at the time as well. rugby is a physical game. you don t want to be going into it with ifs and buts because that s when you get injured. did we deep down really think it was go ....
the final here at the stade de france puts an international spotlight on a sport that world rugby says has grown 11% this year alone. but it comes at a time where the future of the professional game in england is unclear. the premiership rugby club worcester warriors have been suspended from all competitions after failing to meet a deadline set by the rugby football union to provide a plan for their future funding. worcester have debts of £25 million, including at least six million in unpaid tax. matt kvesic goes over the line. referee: i ve got to check. for me as a reporter understanding what s happened hasn t just been a professional journey. it s also been a personal one. my husband, matt kvecic, was one of the worcester warriors players who lost his job. it was tough, like, it was there s so much uncertainty at the time, which i think was, um, that s probably the toughest bit, but almost the worst bit was like there was also hope at the time as well. rugby is a physical ....
plenty more from the situation in the middle east, but we will pause and get an update on the sport. defending champions england have suffered a shock defeat at the cricket world cup, losing in delhi to afghanistan who in turn have registered the most significant one day win in their history. afghanistan batted first and after an opening stand of 108, eventually made 284 a total that proved too much for the holders. england lost wickets regularly throughout the chase. and were bowled out for 215. 69 runs short, leaving them with two defeats out of their three games so far. from one world cup to another england are also in action at the rugby union world cup against fiji in the quarterfinal in marseille, where they re deep into the second half. fiji reduce the arrears. england cord and 2a points to 17. leading. 13 minutes remaining and as i speak, fiji touchdown for another try. if that is converted, it will be 2a try. if that is converted, it will be 24 - 2 ....
at the the rugby world cup. first up this afternoon it s wales against argentina in marseille, and then in paris, ireland will be trying to reach the semifinals for the first time. and after the recent warm spell to start off this autumn, things are set to change this weekend. noticeably colder for many of us, although there will be some sunshine. i ll have all the details throughout the programme. it s saturday 14 october. our main story: tens of thousands of people have fled northern gaza, but many still remain, after the israeli military gave them 2a hours to leave the area before it launches a major ground offensive. they were ordered to move south of the wadi gaza as israeli troops prepare to hunt down and destroy hamas, which is regarded as a terror organisation by many western governments including the uk. around 1,900 people have died so far in israeli air strikes on gaza according to palestinian health officials. limited ground raids in gaza have already taken ....
showing virtually unbroken blue skies. but for the north west and west of scotland we have more clout around. but all the eastern side of england based in sunshine and the cloud you can see across the northern half of scotland plaguing many parts with even a bit of light rainfor many parts with even a bit of light rain for the many parts with even a bit of light rainforthe far many parts with even a bit of light rain for the far north and in towards the northern isles. any sunshine will come and go for central parts of scotland and northern ireland but feeling quite warm in the sunshine. most of the sunshine across england and wales and generally feeling warmer than yesterday. most noticeable across eastern areas which have been quite grave for the past week or so. top temperatures close to 20 degrees in the south east. this evening and overnight things turned cool again. some frost possible. signs of change across the south, a weather front bringing patchy rain and clo ....