to the uk? the football association says they have offered to host the final in 2023. the top story involves a big night for the three home nations, let's take you back to wembley and rejoin arlene foster with the team news. thanks. hot off the press, not too many surprises, joe hart starting again, kane will be the captain. gareth southgate going eric dier, jordan henderson sitting in front of the back four, then the attacking trio of raheem sterling playing in the number ten role also marcus rashford, alex 0xlade—chamberlain struggling to pin down a game at liverpool but he sta rts down a game at liverpool but he starts for england tonight and harry kane leading the line up front. a

little bit earlier just kane leading the line up front. a little bit earlierjust outside one of the vip entrances i caught up with chris waddle, you will be able to hear him on five live tonight in the next couple of minutes looking ahead to this match, i asked what he made of gareth southgate's year in charge and this england squad, how competitive they might be in russia if they qualify of course next year. i still think it's bit inexperienced but i had to say over the last two tournaments, the last world cup and the last euros, this one has got better expectations going into russia than the two previous. we have got players in good form, if we maintain that. i don't think we will win it but i think we can give a good account of ourselves in russia. gareth southgate has had almost exactly a year in charge, is that enough time for him to shape it, what kind of manager do you think he is? do we know more about a year on?

he isa is? do we know more about a year on? he is a model professional and he's like that as a manager, he says the right things. he wants to do well for england. everyone is behind him. but it's difficult when you have 2530 players to choose from. we don't have say 100, you only have 30. a conscious decision by the fa in the friendlies against germany, france, spain, to come up against the big beasts of european football and world football and england have been found wanting. they need to update if and when they qualify.“ you look at france teams like that, they have players with that bit of magic, france have numerous players like that. players who can run past anybody. i was at the game in france when england played, we left gaps and they had ten men for 45 minutes and they had ten men for 45 minutes and still battered us. it's a promising squad but i won't see this two your thing because i detest it.

it's about now i'm going to russia, can they compete and have a chance? we have a lot of work to do between 110w we have a lot of work to do between now and the summer but it's the most promising squad i've seen for many yea rs. promising squad i've seen for many years. chris waddle there, always forthright in his views. you can hear him on radio five live this evening commentating this match between england and slovenia, england needing just two points from their final two qualifiers tonight, if the win they are automatically into russia, lithuania away on sunday. it's not just into russia, lithuania away on sunday. it's notjust world cup qualifying in europe, it is an international break the world over. you might have seen a fantastic documentary from one of my collea g u es documentary from one of my colleagues richard conway, football on the front line about the syrian football team. they are still in with a shout of making russia. they we re with a shout of making russia. they were ina with a shout of making russia. they were in a play—off tonight, the first leg of that in their adopted home of austria the leave malaysia.

it finished 1—1. they drew this match against australia. australia took a first—half lead but an equaliser from the spot with just five minutes remaining force syria. the second leg takes place in sydney on tuesday. we will see how syria do, if they get through that it's another play—off. they make it tough for some of the lesser nations to get to the world cup. how can you watch the home nations are listened to them tonight? here's some of the details. coverage of the northern ireland match against germany on bbc radio ulster. all evening on bbc news we'll have updates and keep your ci’oss we'll have updates and keep your cross what's happening in all of

these world cup qualifiers. england have a fantastic record, they've not lost a qualifying match since 2009. draw the win tonight will be 38 unbeaten and it will take them a big step closer to russia and the win will put them there. thanks to katie gornall and natalie perks in belfast and hampden park, but for now, a world cup qualifying special sportsday, that's all for now, goodbye. tonights weather will be very different to last night, for a start it would be as windy, the stronger winds getting pushed to the north, high—pressure in control of the weather overnight, pointing to a

cold night. stronger winds pushing out into the north sea and taking away most of the showers, one or two continuing to run in off the north sea, otherwise clear skies overnight, winds and temperatures dropping. chile air in towns and cities, 2—5 in the countryside, touch of frost perhaps in the north. cold start to friday, sunshine coming through, temperatures getting a boost. stronger winds clipping aberdeenshire. showers fading away as pressure builds to the irish sea, drying off in north wales northwest england, the odd shower clipping parts of norfolk and perhaps suffolk but the bulk of the showers and strong winds out at sea. later when is lots of sunshine. should stay sunny for most of the day across england and wales perhaps eastern scotland, cloud increasing mostly high byte towards the north—west and

northern ireland and north—western scotla nd northern ireland and north—western scotland it's going to be lowering and maybe later in the day the first signs of lorraine but otherwise a dry day, chilly day after the cold start temperatures drop— 15, the following night won't be as cold because the crowd and rain the weather fronts taking its size the winds will be strengthening blustery day on saturday and cloudy, the main rain probably not amounting to much away from the hills, sinking southward quite cloudy behind it, best of the sunshine in eastern scotla nd best of the sunshine in eastern scotland and north—east england. still temperatures about 1k degrees, the best we will manage 17 in the south—east. the winds is not a strong on sunday but generally westerly flow, captures about where they should be. quite cloudy weekend, most of the wet weather on saturday, should be drier and

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