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England v Barbarians: Robshaw, Wigglesworth, Maitland, Wray among players stood down

England v Barbarians: Robshaw, Wigglesworth, Maitland, Wray among players stood down

Sports
Venue: Twickenham Stadium Date: Sunday, 25 October Kick-off: 14:00 GMTCoverage: Live text on the BBC Sport website and app; highlights on BBC Two and online from 18:00 GMT.Chris Robshaw, Richard Wigglesworth, Sean Maitland and Jackson Wray are among 12 Barbarians players stood down from Sunday's fixture against England after breaking Covid-related rules.The players left their hotel bubble contrary to team protocols to have dinner at a central London restaurant. Sunday's game is in the balance as the Barbarians try to recruit enough players to replace those stood down. A 15:00 BST deadline has been set for them to pull together a 23-man squad.The Rugby Football Union has launched an investigation into the breach, with a view to summoning anyone at fault before an independent disciplinary pa...
FBI nominee Christopher Wray says Russia probe not witch hunt

FBI nominee Christopher Wray says Russia probe not witch hunt

World
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceDonald Trump's pick to lead the FBI has rejected the president's depiction of a probe into alleged Russian meddling in the US election as a witch hunt. "I do not consider Director Mueller to be on a witch hunt," Christopher Wray said about the former FBI director who is leading the special investigation.Mr Wray, 50, also told a Senate hearing he would quit if the president asked him to do anything illegal.The last FBI director, James Comey, was fired by the US president on 9 May.The US president earlier on Wednesday tweeted: "This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad!"Mr Wray told the Senate panel on Wednesday: "Anybody who thinks that I would be pulling punches as FBI director sure doesn't know me well. "I will never allow the FB...