we can play. a team who hadn't qualified for a world cup in 16 years, now through to a semifinal against spain. and already the surprise sensation of the tournament. england, on the other hand, had had an underwhelming start to their campaign and that continued against the reigning world champions. overrun early on, they were behind. the theme then continued in the second half. a loose pass and smart play unlocked the england defence to hand laurien leurink a second. for a team that has tasted so much success before, this will very much feel like a failure. and that disappointment will be felt each more acutely this evening in the knowledge that a home world cup only comes along once in a life time. so soon after many of these players won a medal at the olympics. ireland are not one match away from a world cup final. they will fancy their chances back here on saturday

against newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments. here's evan davis. there's a lot of talk that julian assange has fallen out with the ecuadorian authorities and will soon have to leave the embassy to face the music. tonight, we will hear from his lawyer on his health, his problems and what life he faces when he leaves. join me now on bbc two. that's it. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. ireland stun india and make through to the semi—finals of the hockey world cup. but the netherlands prove too much for england who are knocked out. they'll be popping the corks at burnley who score late to beat aberdeen in the europa league. and captain kohli scores a wonderful century to keep india in the first test. hello and welcome to sportsday,

i'm chris mitchell. a lot to get through this evening. england's world cup journey has come to an end at the olympic park. but ireland's continues after an amazing win against india. our reporterjo currie is at the olympic park. nederlandse the world number one. we are disappointed naturally as english france but is this unexpected? it was not to be for england tonight. you mentioned that nederlandse were the defending champions and world number one. england ranked second in the world. ten and a half thousand people and

england's cannot get job ten and a half thousand people and england's cannot getjob done, losing 2—0 across the match. our goal by a dutch player for the first finish. and the further later on, the dutch made sure they would be put through what they will face australia in the semifinals on saturday. a completely different story for ireland tonight. they are up story for ireland tonight. they are up against india, tina had already beaten them they —— they had already beaten them they —— they had already beaten in the group stage. the quarterfinal ended goalless. certainly some better hockey played in other matches by ireland went to penalties and when it came down to it, up three wonderful saves by the keeper meant it was left to chloe watkins to strike the ball home and ta ke

watkins to strike the ball home and take ireland through to their first ever world cup semi finals. and the irish keeper spoke to bbc sport. who would have thought? it feels like christmas has come. no one picked us to be here. we did not think ourselves we would get here. our goal is to get out of the group, but to get to a quarterfinal and now in the semifinals, our emotions are unbelievable at the minute. it's a great feeling. so many emotions and feel at that part. tears from england and disbelief from ireland. put into context for us. how amazing is this for them? for ireland, have not qualified for a world cup before this one since 2002. they are ranked 16th in the world. they never reached the quarterfinals, let alone the semi finals. then in the pool stage, they find themselves in group

b with england, india and usa. they did not consider themselves challengers to get through to the next days. the bad and they got out of the group was huge for them. the negative self talk in the group ahead of the likes of angling, who are the world number two. so coming into the night, they had beaten india want to determine. they knew they could do it again and had nothing to lose and have themselves ina nothing to lose and have themselves in a semifinal against spain. the tea m in a semifinal against spain. the team that they feel they can be and get through to their first ever world cup final. wow, 0k, thank you very much great evening entertainment at the olympic park. thank you. burnley were taken to extra—time but beat aberdeen in the second leg of their europa league second round qualifying tie thanks to a late goal from jack cork and a penalty from ashley barnes. winning 3—1 on the night and 4—2 on aggegate. adam wild reports more than 50 years has passed since burnley last played a home game in a

europe. continental competition warmly welcomed back. aberdeen arriving with the tab on the knife edge, so chris wood, and an open inside a six minute seemed a perfect turn. but better late event away a long time. aberdeen‘s lewis ferguson has not. at 18, just his second game for the club. a moment not forgotten anytime soon. a quite brilliant finish in the tide level once again. separating the size was becoming rather difficult. actually borrowed from the first big chance of the second half. my was under, and even closer chance, heading against the bar in the game heading for extra time. that was where jack court found a way to separate them once again. a late penalty made that separation decisive. the european victory for burnley, a long time in the making. rangers were defending a slender 1—0 lead from the first leg against croatian side ns osijek. they went ahead through nikola katic but were forced to endure a nervous last few moments after osijek found

an equaliser, but it wasn't enough, rangers through to the next round. hibernian took a 3—2 lead to greece to take on asteras tripolis and they extended their advantage through john mcginn‘s goal before half time. the greek side levelled the match but hibs go through 11—3 on aggregate. here's a check on the other scores. welsh champions the new saints are through to the third qualifying round. the first test between england and india is beautifully poised after the second day in birmingham. india made 274 all out in reply to england's 287 with captain virat kohli scoring a brilliant century. at the close england were 9—1 in their second innings, a lead of 22. patrick gearey reports. get used to take time to make

progress in birmingham. still does on occasion. it still does on occasion, but one juggernaut had been advancing quicker than expected. virat kohli and company arrived hoping to drive home their advantage. job one took five minutes. a total 287, but curran‘s day wasjust beginning. it all started with second look, curran thought he had an lbw. the umpire wouldn't give it to him, so england asked for proof, and out. no need for technology this time, he was followed by dhawan. lured in by cohen, a baby faced 20—year—old maturing with every ball. over to india's skipper. in 76—3 at lunch with their captain and superstar at the crease. but these are the kind of swinging conditions where he has been questioned before. initially, england went around him, rahane the first to fall, and an enthralling spell from ben stokes.

he will miss the first test as he is in court, seeming to put it all into every delivery. dinesh khan his 100th test wicket, but kohli was the one they wanted. be ready, it takes long minutes to take this chance. this moment... and longerfor malan to regret not taking that. every run would be a torture for him, having been dropped on 21, india's captain... the superstar and survivor went on to make one of the more regard, remarkable hundred of a remarkable career. he finished on 149, his team only 13 runs behind. england lost alastair cook before the close. the day finishing as it started with an english wicket, symmetry in a test match of incredible velocity. so the match is beautifully poised heading into the third day. let's hearfrom england's bowling star sam curran who took four wickets in just his second test match.

a nice breeze out there in the clouds came in which helped a bit. the ball does not swing is much as $0011 the ball does not swing is much as 50011 as the ball does not swing is much as soon as it comes in. challenging yourself to get those hard links and be patient. they've began nicely and we dragged back nicely and had their 110-5. we dragged back nicely and had their 110—5. pretty good and we still bowled them out for our total which isa bowled them out for our total which is a big positive. england's georgia hall put a great first round on the first day of the women's british open, the fourth major of the year on the women's tour. minjee lee of australia leads at royal lytham and st anne's. but england's hall is in a tie for third, the best placed brit. she had a bogey—free round and shot five birdies in her 67. finding her range very neatly. ian poulter leads at the bridgstone international in the united states. the englishman is 8—under par. tiger woods showed good form in the competition he's won eight times.

he's li—under par, his lowest opening round at a pga tour event in three years. but poulter was the man who had the range juust right. before the tournament, he'd admitted he'd never played that well at this tournament. right now, he leads it by one shot. from the likes of rickie fowler, rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead. laura kenny's bid for three golds got off to a good start on day one of the european championships in glasgow. the british quartet of kenny, ellie dickinson, elinor barker and katie archibald set the fastest time in qualifying. they'll face the french team on friday afternoon for a place in the final. you can watch coverage of the inaugral multi—sport european championships being co—hosted between glasgow and berlin across the bbc. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lance price, the political commentator, and caroline wheeler, deputy political editor of the sunday times. welcome to you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the increase in interest rates for only the second time in a decade leads the metro. it says the bank of england has warned there could be further "gradual" rate rises to come. the i also features the story,

claiming the new rates signal the "end of the ultra—cheap credit age". the image on the front page of the financial times gives a good sense of apple's extraordinary surge in market value in recent years. today, it became the first trillion—dollar company. a times investigation has found that women with learning disabilities are being beaten and raped by abusers, allegedly granted visas by the home office. the daily telegraph says the new armed forces chief, nick carter, insists northern ireland veterans will be guarded against so—called "vexatious claims". a new crisis is gripping the nhs according to the daily express. it says that 6000 more gps are urgently needed, as patients are waiting up to three weeks to see a doctor. and the daily star has a photograph of the couple who won a £58 million lotteryjackpot, despite their winning ticket being mistakenly ripped in two. soa

so a lot to discuss. lots of different stories on the front pages today, but the interest rates and the rise today to 0.75% on a several front pages. caroline, the headline here with a lower interest rates here with a lower interest rates here to stay up says the rise. a quite interesting way that they had put it. suggesting that although they might rise again, certainly some front pages reflect the ativan may well go up again, they will not go much above 3% for decades. that is considerably lower than the figure that was about 5% of the financial crash. what their perspective is is that this is bad news for savers because when the interest rates are high, you get more interest on your savings. but what he misses it is the impact he