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'Spectacular handling!' - centurion George assists England's sixth try
Watch as Jamie George, on his 100th appearance for England, assists Ollie Sleightholme as he scores their sixth try against Italy in the Six Nations.
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France captain Antoine Dupont ruptured cruciate ligaments in his knee during Les Bleus' Six Nations win over Ireland on Saturday.
Dupont, 28, was forced off in the first half after Ireland second row Tadhg Beirne fell on his leg at a ruck.
"The heart hurts even more than the knee when you have to leave your friends before the last step," Dupont posted on Instagram.
"I am proud of what we accomplished yesterday and with all my strength with you, you will do it.
"Rupture of the cruciate ligaments. This is the beginning of a new challenge, I'll see you in a few months on the field."
France head coach Fabien Galthie said there was "anger" in the French camp over the incident, which was not referred to the television match official (TMO) during the game.
Galthie said Dupont was "suffering" and that he has referred Ireland pair Beirne and Andrew Porter to the citing commissioner for possible retrospective punishment.
BBC Sport has been told the citing commissioner has viewed all the evidence and will take no further action.
Dupont was replaced by Maxime Lucu, who was France's only back replacement, and he impressed to help Les Bleus score 34 unanswered points to ensure they top the Six Nations heading into their final match against Scotland on Saturday.
Victory for Galthie's side at Stade de France would likely secure a first Six Nations title since 2022.
England score seven tries in convincing win over Italy
England: Daly, Freeman, Lawrence, Dingwall, Sleightholme; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, George, Stuart, Itoje (capt), Chessum, T Curry, Earl, T Willis.
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Heyes, T Hill, Cunningham-South, B Curry, Van Poortvliet, M Smith
Italy: Capuozzo, Ioane, Brex, Menoncello, Gallagher; P Garbisi, Varney; Fischetti, Nicotera, Riccioni, N Cannone, Ruzza, Negri, Lamaro (capt) Vintcent
Replacements: Lucchesi, Spagnolo, Ferrari, Favretto, Zuliani, L Cannone, Page-Relo, Allan
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Eliminations for the 56th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals are tentatively scheduled to resume at 1:30 p.m. ET after rain halted action.
With weather expected prior to Sunday, NHRA officials moved the start time up to 9:30 a.m. ET in hopes to expand the series window to get the event in.
Following six of eight Top Fuel pairs, winds picked up as rain began to fall.
Through those rounds, Antron Brown, Clay Millican, Doug Kalitta, Dan Mercier, Shawn Langdon and Tony Stewart advanced.
The event was plagued by rain all-day Saturday as on-track action was fully canceled, including the final two rounds of qualifying and the Right Trailers Top Fuel All-Star Callout.
The Callout moves to the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Californias In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, March 27-30.
This story will be updated.
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. Opening day at Williams Grove Speedway is a tradition that dates back to the maiden season in 1939 when The Flying Dutchman, Tommy Hinnershitz of Oley claimed the very first race held at the track.
And another chapter in Williams Grove lidlifter history is set to unfold this Sunday, March 16 at 2 pm when the 2025 season opener is spun off featuring the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars.
Presented by Hoosier, gates for Opening Day 2025 will open at noon with the sprint cars racing for a $5,500 payday in a 25-lap main event.
A host of prominent and some not so well-known names dot the opening day win list at Williams Grove Speedway.
Hinnershitz, a AAA East champion in his career, claimed three openers.
Other top names of the 1940s and 1950s that scored the Williams Grove opener included Ted Horn, Jimmy Bryan, Johnny Mackison Sr. and more.
On his way to immortality for fans of the 1960s and 1970s, Leroy Felty scored the opener twice in his career, in 1961 and 1966.
A Texan destined for greatness by the name of A.J. Foyt took the victory in 1964.
Another man on his way to racing immortality, Jan Opperman hit the local scene for his first of three Williams Grove opening day wins in 1970.
Other popular winners of the 1960s and 1970s included Kenny Weld, Dick Tobias, Kramer Williamson, Smokey Snellbaker, Ray Tilley and Bobby Allen.
The duo of Lynn Paxton and Keith Kauffman struck for a total of five lidlifter wins in the decade of the 1980s while a virtual unknown in sprint cars, Kevin Collins, upended the field in 1983.
The 1990s dawned with Kenny Adams scoring a victory before Don Kreitz Jr. and Fred Rahmer each took a pair of opener wins.
Brian Paulus closed the decade with what was perhaps considered an upset win before a youngster from Enumclaw, Washington, began the 2000s with an undisputed upset, coming at the hands of a pre-NASCAR Kasey Kahne.
Greg Hodnett would etch his name on the historical first race win list twice during the 2000s while familiar names like Lance Dewease, Cris Eash, Kreitz and Rahmer would return along with a popular win for underdog Mike Erdley of Elizabethville.
Rahmer and Hodnett continued winning into the 2010s while first time checkers went to Danny Dietrich and Lucas Wolfe of Mechanicsburg.
By far, the upset of the decade of the 2010s came at the hands of New Oxfords Gerard McIntyre Jr. in 2014.
Opening Days of the 2020s so far have seen invaders score three of five events.
Carson Macedo dropped in for opening day laurels in 2020 with Indianans Justin Peck and Zeb Wise following suit in 2022 and 2023.
Defending track champion Freddie Rahmer broke through in 2021 while Anthony Macri of Dillsburg is the defending Opening Day champion.
NHRA Pro Mod Gatornationals Eliminations Moved To Chicago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Due to time constraints on Sunday at Gainesville Raceway, eliminations in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Series from the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals have been moved to the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance, which takes place May 15-18 at Route 66 Raceway in Chicago.
The opening two rounds of eliminations will be part of the first two qualifying session on Friday, May 16 with the semifinals and final round taking part during the third and fourth qualifying sessions on Saturday, May 17.
The Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Series returns to action March 21-23 as part of the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird Motorsports Park in Phoenix.
Utah Hockey Club goaltender Connor Ingram reentered the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program Sunday, saying he has not been himself since his mother died of breast cancer in early December.
Ingram posted a message on social media explaining his thought process a half-hour after the NHL and players' union announced that he would be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care.
"At this point in my life, I need to put my health first and take the proper time I need away to come back at 100%," Ingram said. "Though many view the program as a resource for substance abuse, I want to recognize all that they do. I am once again privileged to have access to their network of world class health professionals to hopefully avoid long-term negative effects of putting your health second. With the program's assistance, I look forward to getting the medical help I need and returning to a happy and healthy life."
Ingram, 27, spent time in the program in 2021 when he was in the Nashville Predators' organization. He has since spoken publicly about his undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder that led him to drink to cope with anxiety that led him into the program then and won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy last season for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey after establishing himself as a full-time NHL player.
Help is offered for such issues as alcohol or drug abuse, mental health, sleeping problems, or a gambling addiction. Confidentiality is guaranteed for players and their family members. An announcement is made only when a player becomes unavailable to his team during the season.
Ingram is the second player to be announced as entering the program since this season started. Detroit Red Wings goalie Jack Campbell went in a few days before opening night. Five players took part last season, the same number who participated over the previous three years combined.
Earlier this season, Ingram took a leave of absence after losing his mother.
When playing, Ingram is 8-9-4 with a 3.27 goals-against average and .882 save percentage. He ceded the starting job to Karel Vejmelka, who just agreed to a five-year, $23.75 million contract extension. Ingram last played Feb. 22.
He was on Nashville's practice squad early in the pandemic-delayed and shortened 2021 season when he went into the player assistance program and left the Predators in late January. He returned to play a handful of games for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League that spring, but it wasn't until he sold his house and cars and moved from his hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to Nashville that summer that he met his fiancée and got back on track.
"I just restarted," Ingram said last year when he won the Masterton. "It was good for me, and it was good to restart."
Ingram made his NHL debut Oct. 24, 2021 -- roughly nine months after going into the program -- and appeared in four playoff games in the spring of 2022 when Juuse Saros was sidelined by injury and David Rittich faltered in the first-round opener. He was claimed off waivers by Arizona in 2022.
Utah recalled goaltender Jaxson Stauber from the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League. Stauber, 25, has posted a 2-1-1 record with one shutout, a 2.23 GAA and .925 save percentage in four games this season with Utah.
The Associated Press and Field Level Media contributed to this report.
DENVER -- Artyom Levshunov was recalled by Chicago on Sunday, putting the No. 2 pick in last year's NHL draft on the brink of his Blackhawks debut.
Levshunov, a 19-year-old defenseman, has five goals and 17 assists in 50 games with Rockford of the American Hockey League. He missed the start of the season because of a fractured right foot.
The last-place Blackhawks are at Colorado on Monday night. They visit San Jose on Thursday night before closing out a four-game trip at Vancouver on Saturday night.
Levshunov, a Belarus native, had nine goals and 26 assists in his only season at Michigan State. He was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.
He signed an entry-level contract with Chicago in July. The three-year deal carries a $975,000 cap hit.
Cole Palmer's perfect penalty record came to an end on Sunday when his spot kick was saved by goalkeeper Mads Hermansen during Chelsea's Premier League clash with Leicester City.
The 22-year-old, who Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca later said was unwell, saw his low effort well-saved by Hermansen who fell to his left to keep out Palmer's strike after Jadon Sancho was fouled in the box.
Chelsea eventually took all three points thanks to Marc Cucurella's daisy-cutter that arrowed into the bottom corner in the 60th minute.
Palmer had the best penalty record in Premier League history before his effort was denied at Stamford Bridge. His 12-out-of-12 penalty record meant he sat above Premier League legends Yaya Touré (11 out of 11) and Dimitar Berbatov (nine out of nine) in the all-time list.
"Cole, yesterday didn't train," Maresca told a post-match news conference. "During the night [he] didn't feel well. And the reason why he didn't train yesterday is because he didn't feel well. So, this morning he woke up and he asked me: 'I want to be on the pitch to help this team, this club to play [in the] Champions League.'
"So in the last two days, he was completely out [with] fever and I don't know if it's something I can say in English ... Diarrhea. So in the last 48 hours, he didn't train and he was very bad with the fever and this kind of bad feeling.
"But this morning he asked to play the game and this shows how these players want to bring this club where this belongs."
The England international has struggled for form of late. He has failed to score in his last eight games in all competitions and missed a host of presentable chances in the process.
He netted 27 goals and bagged 15 assists in a breakout campaign last season.
Speaking ahead of Chelsea's game against Leicester, Maresca said Palmer is not concerned by his lack of goals.
"When you score a goal you are more happy because your goals help the team to win. But overall Cole is fine. He's happy," Maresca told a news conference on Friday.
"He knows he's struggled to score goals in this moment but that it's something normal that during the season can happen. Watching him during the training session you don't think it's affecting him, he's fantastic."
Before the weekend, Palmer was one of two players with a 100% penalty conversion rate in the last five Premier League seasons -- Callum Wilson being the other.
Information from ESPN's Global Sports Research contributed to this report
Carlo Ancelotti defended Real Madrid's performance in their 2-1 LaLiga win over Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, pointing to the struggles of a number of teams balancing Champions League football with domestic duties.
Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior put Madrid 2-0 up in the first half at the Santiago Bernabéu, before Pedro Díaz pulled a goal back for Rayo to ensure a nervous second half.
Madrid disappointed after the break, but took all three points to go level with Barcelona -- who have a game in hand -- at the top of the LaLiga table.
"The feeling is good, because the target is to pick up points," Ancelotti insisted in his post-match news conference. "We had a very good first half... When you get to 70 or 75 minutes at 2-1, you have to do one thing, which is defend well.
"A lot of teams played in the Champions League and suffered [this weekend]. It was difficult for Inter against Monza [in Serie A]. Liverpool against Southampton [in the Premier League]. [Bayer] Leverkusen lost, Bayern [Munich] lost [in the Bundesliga. It's difficult to prepare for these games, against teams like Rayo which play with intensity. I'll repeat myself: the first half was very good."
Madrid had been on a poor run of form in LaLiga, with one win in five games going into the Rayo match.
However their title hopes were buoyed by Atletico Madrid slipping to a 2-1 defeat at Getafe earlier on Sunday.
Ancelotti praised the performances of Mbappé and Vinícius, who had received some criticism for their showings against Atletico in their Champions League last 16 first leg in midweek.
"Vinicius and Mbappé scored two spectacular goals," Ancelotti said. "They did well, and then when I thought we had to defend, I took the forwards off. It's not a problem, they played fewer minutes and that will be good for the [second leg] on Wednesday."
Ancelotti said goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois -- who didn't make the squad against Rayo -- had a "little problem" but should be fit for the Champions League, adding that defender Antonio Rüdiger, who has the flu, should also be available.
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