for form of late though, he has turned tojonny wilkinson for assistance with his goal kicking, and with borthwick seeking a more expansive approach, smith is set to be given licence to run the show against france, with ellis genge selected as captain for the first time. farrell will be on the bench. i take every selection decision incredibly seriously. the players deserve that, our supporters deserve that. i want to make the best decisions in terms of the process. russ, i think, decisions in terms of the process. russ, ithink, you ve decisions in terms of the process. russ, i think, you ve got many good players and apes at this rate from the start that we want players always fighting to be in this 23 and myjob is to select to the right person to start, the right person to come off the bench is. rhys webb will make his first six nations start for wales since 2017 when they take on italy in rome on saturday. the 34 year old ospreys scrum half, who is believed to be considering
particularly treacherous conditions here. this is the radar picture showing us where the snow is falling. furthersouth showing us where the snow is falling. further south across much of england this is falling as rain and they could be some heavy and possibly thundery downpours clearing away later on this afternoon. of most concern is where we are seeing the falling snow, this weather front is stalling, some very strong winds too particularly over pennine routes where we could see blizzards and drifting snow. a wide range of temperatures today, 12 or 13 celsius in devon and cornwall later this afternoon with that much milder air towards the south. a weather system is going nowhere overnight tonight, particularly for central parts of the uk where the snow totals start to stack up even further, strong gusty winds on the edge of this as low as well, coastal gales towards the far south west, the channel islands potentially and we may see -15 islands potentially and we may see 15
bruno fernandes added a third before wout weghorst sealed a comfortable victory. the second leg is next week. meanwhile arsenal s hopes of reaching the quarter finals hang in the balance. they drew 2 2 with sporting lisbon william saliba giving arsenal the lead in portugal. but two goals for sporting turned the tie around until this own goal from morita meant the tie finished 2 2 delicately poised heading back to north london next week. in to north london next week. europe, very difficult1 very in europe, very difficult to get very positive result that date and we come i think the game at different phases, especially since we gave too many balls away and in this competition, you have to go through difficult moments. we knew that and we had to play for the emirates and hopefully will play better and win in the end. michail antonio scored twice for west ham as they took a big step towards the quarterfinals of the europa conference league. their 2 0 win over aek larnaca
She will face karolina muchova, who is through to the quarters for the first time after victory over chinas wang. The tenth seed started really strongly, only for the world number 53 to power back in the second, but she went on to take the third. It feels good. But, yeah, i dont want to stop here so i dont really put it in my head like its something wow. Im really proud of myself that i made it here, but still looking forward to go for the next round. In the mens draw, ben shelton s into the quarters of the us open the first time, beating fellow american tommy paul. The unseeded 20 year old sealed a shock four set victory when the 14th seed paul went long with a forehand. World number 47 shelton goes through and becomes the youngest american man to reach the us open Quarter Finals since andy roddick in 2002. He is going to face another american in the quarters, frances tiafoe. To all the football on sunday. In the Premier League, arsenal celebrated an injury time win over Manchester Un
New Zealand Test skipper Tim Southee slammed the pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka and called the wicket the worst he has seen in his career