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Nine-try Bath thump Edinburgh to win Pool 2
Bath seal top spot in Pool 2 and a home last-16 match in the Investec Champions Cup with a nine-try thrashing of Edinburgh.

The dramatic 24 hours that sealed Guehi and Glasner's futures
BBC Sport looks at a dramatic 24 hours for Crystal Palace as captain Marc Guehi agrees to join Manchester City and manager Oliver Glasner confirms he is leaving in the summer.

NHS trans case ruling ramps up pressure for guidance
The nurses' partial victory adds pressure on the government to publish guidance for businesses that have single-sex spaces.

Zelensky says Ukraine's air defence supplies 'insufficient' in face of Russian strikes
The president said several air defence systems were without missiles until a shipment on Friday morning.

West Midlands police chief retires over Israeli fans ban row
Craig Guildford blames the "political and media frenzy" as he confirms his decision to step down.

The kingmaker: The Australian coach who turned four players into world champions
Over his long career, Adelaide-born Darren Cahill has coached four grand slam winners, all ranked No.?1. But his talent for bringing out the best in his charges goes way beyond the court.

Like a swimmer with a crocodile in the pool: Peel’s push for Olympic gold
Aerial skier Laura Peel has continued to push the boundaries with her high-risk, high-reward manoeuvres. It was a switch to yoga that made her see opportunities rather than obstacles.

Six balls, 32 runs: How Steve Smith made history in one wild over
Fresh from leading the Australian Test team to Ashes victory, Smith displayed a different kind of genius at the SCG.

Burgess, NAS clash after stunning KO debut
Sam Burgess and Nelson Asofa Solomona faced off after the ex-Storm star's huge debut.

Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours
Windows laggards still using the vulnerable hashing function: Your days are numbered.

Price beats Littler to end 21-match winning streak
World champion Luke Littler is knocked out of the Bahrain Masters quarter-finals by Gerwyn Price for the second year in a row.

'No panic buy' - Guehi would cap £414m rebuild as Man City up title ante
Manchester City have upped the ante in the Premier League title race by flexing their muscles in the January transfer window.

Why is there so much international interest in Greenland?
The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler has been reporting from Greenland and dissects why the island has so much value in the eyes of President Trump.

Is the snow and ice set to return again this January?
The UK is set to be in the centre of a battleground of competing weather systems, but which will win?

What next for Iran's Supreme Leader?
Despite the bloodbath of recent weeks, Ayatollah Khamenei might think he must plough on with an iron fist.

Tony Blair and Marco Rubio among names on Gaza 'Board of Peace'
The former UK prime minister and US secretary of state will sit on the "founding executive board", the White House says.

Loved and unloved: Behind the relationship between Djokovic and Australia
At Melbourne Park, Djokovic will have, as ever, a legion of fans in his corner, and a chunk of the public that will be barracking against him; this has long been the Novak equation.

NRL’s new kick-off plan could backfire like basketball’s infamous slam dunk ban
Changing rules of a sport to prevent one team dominating can backfire dramatically. Just look at college basketball’s 10-year ban of the slam dunk.

From boom times to the big house: Boris Becker on serving aces, serving time and bouncing back
Thirty-five years since his first Australian Open win took him to the top of world tennis, Boris Becker reflects on the dizzying highs and lows of his “intense life”.

Latest investigation into toddler Lachlan Jones' death almost complete
Three-year-old Lachlan Jones' body was found in an oxidation pond in Gore seven years ago.