this week, a 13-year-old who he lost this week, a 13—year—old who he had been supporting. the hat trick, that came courtesy of a slice of luck. and looked straight up to the heavens after celebrating at midnight could not have gone much better. he was off getting a hug from garrett southgate and on came hudson who has not started in the premier league for chelsea but here he was making his debut for the england seniors and his drive and determination was involved in getting england's that, and on goals from thomas callis, who is on loan for chelsea. 5—0, everyone very happy. and they play on monday with the fantastic start from tonight, two games leading up to the finals that they have of the nation's leaned in june that they have of the nation's leaned injune and a perfect start really. garrett southgate can ask for no more. thank you so much for

joining us live from wembley there. well bulgaria and montenegro drew 1—1 in the other game in england's group. the top two teams will automatically qualify for the tournament. in group h there was a comfortable 4—1 win for the world champions france in moldova. oliver giroud and kylian mbappe amongst the scorers on the night. championship club birmingham city have been deducted nine points for breaching football league rules, they incurred losses of almost £49 million between 2015 and 2018, almost £10 million more than is permitted. the points deduction means birmingham are nowjust five points clear of the relegation zone with eight matches still to play. this was the reaction from some blues supporters today. it could have been 12, we would have beenin it could have been 12, we would have been in trouble. so you think it is afair been in trouble. so you think it is a fair decision. you cannot argue.

sad for them, they will be clear and start again next season. we are too much of a big club to go back down. it is not going to happen this season and we can crack on with the re st of season and we can crack on with the rest of it, do you know what i mean. tomorrow evening mick mccarthy's second term as republic of ireland boss begins with their first qualifier against gilbralter — but some bad news for ireland fans today — after this man announced his retirement from football. strikerjonathan walters posted this on twitter this afternoon... "isn't it ironic... my achilles heel has literally been my achilles heel and finished me off!" the 35 year old has been on—loan from burnley to championship side ipswich this season, but made just three appearances after suffering that achilles injury in september. super league leaders st helens have moved two points clear at the top of the table — after extending their unbeaten start to the season to seven matches. they thrashed third placed castleford 112—12 — lachlan coote with their opening try

after just four minutes. st helens ran in eight tries in total — including two for dominique peyroux. the win means they maintain their 100% record. huddersfield are off the bottom after beating hull kr 42—8 in the night's other game. northampton saints are up to fifth in rugby union's premiership. they beat leicester tigers 29—15 in the east midlands derby at welford road. tom collins with two of northampton‘s three tries. leicester stay 10th. cardiff blues are closing in on a play—off spot in the pro 1a — after an impressive win against scarlets.