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it was a busy night in rugby league's super league, with wins for the defending champions st helens, also for salford red devils, who ended their six—match losing run to boost their play—off hopes, while wigan fought back late to pip hull with a golden point. and castleford tigers ran out comfortable winners at wakefield trinity, greg eden scoring a hat trick of tries as they won 28—12. they are still the bottom two sides in the table though. but something to cheer about. now the england spain, world cup final is not the only trophy decider tomorrow, because there is another showpiece event on the same day — the wheelchair challenge cup final. it should be enthralling as well, as leeds rhinos face the catalans dragons, so featuring players who became stars when england beat france in the rugby league world cup last year. 0ur sport reporter sally hurst has more. the leeds rhinos may have won the wheelchair challenge cup years in a
to the challenge. it was a game of few clear—cut chances so could a set piece break the deadlock? not without effort. newton continued to push about their weight the season and finally had a shot on target in the 70 night minute. that seemed to spur them into action as they went close again later on. in the end it finished goalless. a result which means league leaders burnley will be promoted back to the premier league at the first time of asking if they beat middlesbrough later this evening. imran sidat, bbc news there was a full round of fixtures in the championship today. blackburn's play—off hopes were dented by a 2—0 defeat at home to norwich. blackpool's hopes of staying in the champiomnship seem to be slipping away after a 3—1 loss to cardiff. qpr are edging closer to danger after defeat to preston. reading and birmingham shared the points. rotherham beat west brom 3—1. sheffield united beat
so close. he tricked the camera operator with a ball launch deep to center field before he managed to snag it. game ended up being decided in extras with josh donaldson's rbi single in the tenth that got the yankees a 5-4 win and clinched them a fifth straight trip to the playoffs. where they probably will will lose in the first round as they usually do. new york's magic number to clinch the division now is down to six games. my red sox, they have no chance. to los angeles. the champion dodgers marked a 45th come back victory of the season with mookie betts, don't know the guy, delivering a walkoff single in the ninth to help l.a. take a 3 of 5 against the diamondbacks with a 3-2 win. meanwhile, the play-off hopes have all but vanished on chicago as the cleveland guardians complete a statement making three game sweep of the white
saracens leading 23—10 at the moment. northampton leading 10—9 at half—time. a win for saints would boost their play—off hopes. dragons have gone through the united rugby championship season without a single win at home losing 21—11 to lions. ruan venter scored the second of the south african club's three tries. the welsh region finish the inaugural urc season in 15th, one position above italian side zebre, who prop up the table. in rugby league's superleague, hull kr were beaten 20—8 by catalans dragons. the french side scored three tries to just the one for the robins at craven park. their third came from the club's top try scorer, fouad yaha, as they move up to second in the table. hull kr have lost their last four games and are seventh. elsewhere, hull fc beat wigan 31—22. let's have a quick look at some of the day's headlines: kylian mbappe has agreed a deal in principle to stay at paris st—germain. the french international had been heavily linked with a move to real madrid this summer. britain's simon yates claimed his second stage win of this year's giro d'italia as richard carapaz claimed the overall lead from
around someone's neck to somebody under a doping section.— under a doping section. thank you. we will get — under a doping section. thank you. we will get a _ under a doping section. thank you. we will get a bit _ under a doping section. thank you. we will get a bit sport _ under a doping section. thank you. we will get a bit sport now. - all the action itself. there've been mixed fortunes for great britain's curlers on day 10 of the winter olympics in beijing. the women's play—off hopes have been dented by a 7—3 loss to canada. it means eve muirhead, vicky wright, jen dodds, and hailey duff may well need to win all three of their remaining matches to qualify for the semi finals. they next play japan tomorrow morning. we are still well and truly in the competition, we've got three games left and need to get three wins out there and of course we'll be doing everything we can to get those three wins. i think we can't get too down after that loss
lions captain alun wyn jones doesn't agree. in the heat of the moment, it didn't really have any... felt we had any advantage, because a lot of times, we were standing next to the refs when he was speaking to them, so an outside perception, i can't really comment on. it's difficult for players at the speed of the games going, you know, the ball in play, and i think sometimes the referees have the hardestjob in the game being in the middle of all of that. catalans dragons recorded their 11th straight super league win with a 40—20 victory over wakefield trinity. dragons are still top of the table. also this evening, leeds rhinos improved their play—off hopes, beating hull fc 22—12. leeds ran in three tries, with cameron smith claiming the third. trent rockets maintained their 100% record in the men's hundred. they beat london spirit by seven
it's difficult for players at the speed of the games going, you know, the ball in play, and i think sometimes the referees have the hardestjob in the game being in the middle of all of that. catalans dragons recorded their 11th straight super league win with a 40—20 victory over wakefield trinity. dragons are still top of the table. also this evening, leeds rhinos improved their play—off hopes, beating hull fc 22—12. leeds ran in three tries, with cameron smith claiming the third. trent rockets maintained their 100% record in the men's hundred. they beat london spirit by seven runs in front of nearly 2a,000 fans at lords. rockets' total of 123—4 looked modest after they were put into bat. despite 69 from australian d'arcy short, london spirit collapsed to 93—8 and were always struggling to reach their target. trent rockets now have
blows one by derek jeter to end the game. detroit wins game three 5-4. tonight at 8:37 eastern, the yankees rest their play-off hopes, their season hopes on a.j. burnett, a guy who wasn't even supposed to be in the postseason rotation, a must-win game. of course, tigers send rick porcello to the mound. a lot of yankee fans holing their breath with the $82 million burnett pitching. the rangers and rays in game three. napoli connects for a two-run home run. that caps off a four-run inning for the rangers. texas wins game three by the score of 4-3. game four in tampa bay today at 2:07. they could close out the series, texas. in the national league, the phillies and cardinals tied at a game apiece heading back to st. louis. the late game, milwaukee can close out the d back's in arizona. the colts and bucks were playing espn's monday night