Sports shorts
• THERE were opening Six Nations Rugby Union wins for Scotland over England, Ireland over Wales and for reigning champions France who squeezed past Italy with a late try. Scotland’s victory was their second in a row at Twickenham. Tomorrow, Ireland face France and Scotland meet Wales, while on Sunday England play Italy
• Tennis star Cameron Norrie won his vital singles game as team GB beat Colombia to reach the finals of the Davis Cup, which takes place at four venues later in the year
• Scotland’s Laura Muir led a dominant GB performance in the 3,000 metres at the recent New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston. The reigning European and Commonwealth champion won the race in a time of eight minutes 40.34 seconds as GB’s athletes filled the top four positions
• Congratulations to GB’s four-man bobsleigh team of Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence, Greg Cackett and Arran Gulliver, who won silver in the IBSF World championships in St. Moritz. This was GB’s first medal in this event for 84 years, since 1939
• Perth Scorchers defeated
Brisbane Heat by five wickets with four balls remaining to win Australia’s Big Bash cricket final for the fifth time. Meanwhile, the ICC Women's T20 World Cup has started in South Africa and England’s first game is against the West Indies tomorrow
• Tomorrow (Saturday) we have two London derbies: Arsenal v Brentford and West Ham v Chelsea and on Tuesday, action in the Champions League resumes with AC Milan v Spurs and PSG v Bayern Munich, followed on
Wednesday by Bruges v Benfica and Borussia Dortmund v Chelsea. Also on Wednesday Arsenal play Manchester City in a Premier League game
• Chelsea are top of the FA Women's Super League, two points ahead of Manchester United, 31-29, with Arsenal and Manchester City third and fourth, both with 26 points
• Last Sunday Harry Kane beat Jimmy Greaves’ scoring record for Tottenham when he netted his 267th goal in the win over Manchester City. The goal was also Kane’s 200th in the Premiership and only Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney have scored more
• LeBron James has become the NBA's all-time leading scorer, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 39-year-old record. Los Angeles Lakers star James collected 38 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder to surpass AbdulJabbar's mark of 38,387
• After a long investigation, the Premier League has charged Manchester City with over 100 offences of breaking its financial rules.
An independent commission is looking into these irregularities which took place between 2009 and 2018. If found guilty, City could face a points deduction, relegation or a heavy fine. We await the outcome with bated breath. Remember what happened to Glasgow Rangers a decade ago!
• And Leeds United are searching for their 20th manager in 20 seasons, and the 40th in the club’s history, following the sacking of American Jesse Marsch