Saracens' case for their defence fell at La Defense as the besieged Barnet bashers were battered by Racing 92. The reigning Champions Cup holders took their biggest continental loss in two years.

Tommy Seymour is the second player to retire from international rugby in the past seven days. Seymour has announced his decision on the heels of former Scotland captain John Barclay quitting. 

The 34-year-old Clermont scrum-half skippered the side in 39 out of his 76 international appearances, more times than any other player, and is Scotland's second-highest point scorer with 714.

Finn Russell was dropped from Scotland's Six Nations opener after refusing to stop drinking at the team's hotel bar and then skipping training the following morning.

New Scotland captain Stuart Hogg is to seek out national icon Gavin Hastings for last-minute advice on how to lead the team from full-back in the Six Nations opener against Ireland.

NIK SIMON IN EDINBURGH - Sam Underhill admits the pressure is on as England walk into the eye of a storm in Saturday's clash with Scotland.

Townsend has warned exile Russell that he will have to make the same 'sacrifices' as every other Scotland player - or be banished from his squad for the duration of the Six Nations.

EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish Women's Rugby player being treated for coronavirus spent days training near to Team GB Olympians at their base in Loughborough before she was diagnosed.

Scottish Rugby Union chiefs have set aside £500,000 to help clubs struggling in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak after suspending the domestic season until at least March 29.

The PFA Player of the Year ended last season with no opponent completing a dribble past him in a staggering 64 matches. Liverpool centre back has lifted the lid on what has helped him.

After Liverpool wished him happy birthday on Twitter, the club's supporters inevitably took to social media to sing his praises after quickly becoming a fan favourite on Merseyside.

During the latest episode of BT Sport's 'What I Wore' series, Van Persie was asked to talk about the iconic moments from his career as he worked his way through the shirts he donned during his career.

The 35-year-old had been playing for Al-Gharafa in Qatar but images of him attending Utrecht's clash against VVV-Venlo caused a stir after they showed him to be carrying a few extra pounds.

October 13, 1976. Best's career was on the wane. He had turned 30 that summer and come back from his first stint in the US with Los Angeles Aztecs.

De Toekomst training complex in Amsterdam was like a scene from Armageddon as Ajax fans let their players know what the fixture means to them while there were similar scenes in Rotterdam.

Ronald Koeman has once again reiterated his desire to take over as Barcelona manager following Euro 2020 after it emerged this month that he is free to leave his Holland contract after the tournament ends.

Ronald Koeman has revealed he rejected the chance to manage Lionel Messi and Co at Barcelona in order to focus on his job as Holland's head coach.

The singer, 28, arrived to the Eagle N Tun on New Canal Street, Birmingham, to film his latest collaboration with grime artists Jaykae and Aitch.

Ed Sheeran's incredible rise to music success has been documented by his dad John, in a never-before-seen exhibition set to open in his hometown of Ipswich on Tuesday.

Billionaire Christian Candy and wife Emily Crompton live with their children in a £30 million Surrey house. Over the past four years, they have spent a further £20 million buying up four neighbouring properties.

The singer-songwriter, 28, who has performed more than 250 shows during his two-year tour, delighted more than 40,000 music lovers at the venue with a medley of his latest tracks.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Pop star Ellie Goulding will be watched by royalty as she walks down the aisle of York Minister, a £150,000 ring on her finger, and into the arms of Old Etonian Caspar Jopling.

A British vlogger, who hit headlines when her parody of Ed Sheeran's Shape of You racked up 20 million views in just a few weeks in 2017, has shared a hilarious rap about being 30.

Accounts released today show his UK company, Ed Sheeran Ltd, made a gross profit of £23,770,262, equating to £65,124 a day.

The singer, 28, asked a member of his team to drop off the shoes at the St Elizabeth Hospice shop in Framlingham, Suffolk, which is close to where he grew up and still lives with now-wife Cherry Seaborn.

Prince Harry, 35, was all smiles as he arrived at a school in Nottingham to mark World mental Health Day. He first visited Nottingham Academy in November 2017 with wife, Meghan Markle, 38.

Frank Sheeran, who was infamous for 'painting houses' by spattering victims' blood on the walls, was allegedly a 'distant uncle' to Shape Of You singer Ed, 28.

EXCLUSIVE: Expert genealogists have looked into the intriguing links between the Suffolk star, 28, and New Jersey-born Frank Sheeran - who actor Stephen Graham claimed was Ed's distant uncle.

Sarah and Daniel Hancock married in a whirlwind Las Vegas ceremony in April, eight months after meeting on TikTok. The couple are thought to be the first to meet and marry through the social media app.

Gino D'Acampo's son Luciano attended Tilly Ramsay's 18th birthday after she went public with her new beau despite her dad Gordon claiming they were dating weeks before.

The Ramsay family celebrated daughter Tilly's 18th birthday in celebrity style over the weekend, as they threw her a very lavish party complete with a star-studded guest list and A-list performance.

Ms Davison, the interim boss of Comic Relief until a new chief executive arrives in March, told the NGO Insight conference that all Western charities needed to address how they portray Africa.

The rapper, 40, and the Crown hitmaker locked horns in an explosive feud after Wiley accused Stormzy of preventing Jay Z rapping on a song with Ed Sheeran.

Ed Sheeran, Pink, Elton John and Bruce Springsteen are tipped to perform at a Sound Relief concert in aid of Australian bushfire victims.

Australian musician Benjamin Stafford - aka Dub FX - is selling his artistic treehouse home which is surrounded by lush forest in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Victoria.

Ed Sheeran has added five properties into his London portfolio, including two flats in Covent Garden and a pair of flats by the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. His property value is now worth £57million.

Ed Sheeran rocked a casual ensemble as he stepped out with his wife Cherry Seaborn in a rare public appearance to celebrate his birthday on Friday night.

The 'news story' about the case of mistaken identity was reported during the show on Thursday morning, with the Australian presenters giggling about the bizarre tale.

Ed Sheeran's neighbour Anthony Robinson, who lives three properties along from the star in the village of Dennington, East Suffolk, has been granted permission to extend his back garden by 160 feet.

Neighbours throughout the complex in Waterloo, in Sydney's inner city, stepped outside on their balconies after hearing a mystery man playing the keyboard and singing the song.

In a first look for the drama Little Women, Emma Watson, 29, is seen dressed in her period garb as she stands alongside her co-stars Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, Eliza Scanlen.

Emma Watson, Kirsten Stewart, Yara Shahidi, Mia Goth, Stella Roversi, Rosalia, Indya Moore and Chris Lee have been unveiled as the new faces for Pirelli's 2020 calendar.

The screen star, 29, sparked romance rumours with game programmer and former Oculus CEO Brendan, 39, as they enjoyed a dinner date in Los Angeles on Sunday evening.

The first official trailer for Greta Gerwig's adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel, Little Women, has been released.

Harry Potter starlet Emma Watson enjoyed a pizza in Los Angeles with rumoured new man Dominic Piazza on Thursday - and bumped into her ex in the process.

A London park has become the first in the world to ban pinatas. Myatt's Field Park in Camberwell, London has banned the party feature over fears of environmental damage.

Saoirse Ronan, 25, Emma Watson, 29, Florence Pugh, 23, and Eliza Scanlen, 20, play the March sister's in Greta Gerwig's adaption of Little Women with Meryl Streep, 70, as Aunt March.

JANET STREET-PORTER: Somehow, in spite of all her good points and natural assets, Emma Watson manages to be one of the most annoying people around.

The controversial journalist, 54, blasted images from the 2020 edition, in which artistic moody shots replaced the formerly racy spreads in the calendar.

They are the all star cast leading the way in the remake of Little Women. And Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, and Laura Dern stepped out at the New York premiere of their new film.