could have quickly. she knows she could have gotten better. many of this france i play club football for your‘s dominant team, among them there captain. a wonderful, wonderful goal! and nd can this already feels to finding. hosting tournaments weighs heavy on some sites but france however are owning their stage. well, england who are ranked third in the world, start their world cup against scotland in group d on sunday. scotland are making their tournament debut, but are on a good run of form and are expected to be much improved since their 6—0 thrashing by england at euro 2017. there was a time when england were miles ahead. we have seen how far will split just miles ahead. we have seen how far will splitjust in qualification and obviously scotland now getting to the world cup is unbelievable for them. back when they qualify, i was honestly so happy for them because i see they have come on a journey and iamso see they have come on a journey and i am so happy they get to experience that. they are amazing players and

they deserve to be on the stage. but since the draw, obviously, not sure how i fill about them being here. i think ithink in i think in our own opinion we don't have anything to lose. england probably will feel the pressure given the fact they are favourites and probably favourites to go on and do really well in the overall competition. so we are just going to go and give it our all and see what result we can get. well, there are also plenty of european qualifiers taking place this weekend. tomorrow, wales take on the czech republic and scotland play cyprus. and tonight, the republic of ireland drew 1—1 with denmark in copenhagen. goaless for most of the game, southampton's pierre emile hojbjerg opened the scoring minutes after coming off the bench. and just when it looked like ireland were heading for defeat, shane duffy scored in the 85th minute to make it 1—1. ireland are top of group d. chelsea have confirmed this evening that they've agreed a deal to sell eden hazard to real madrid. just over a week since hazard helped chelsea win the europa league,

the belgian international will now be on his way to spain subject to a medical. real haven't revealed the fee, but it's reportedly nearly £89 million and could rise to £150 million. that is a chelsea club record. let's take a quick look at some of the other football stories around today. and hazard's soon—to—be ex—club chelsea have gone to the court of arbitration for sport to appeal their two—window transfer ban. they're not allowed to buy any new players until the end of january 2020 due to irregularities in how they've been signing foreignjuniors. their first appeal to fifa failed. manchester united have agreed a deal in principle to sign swansea city's winger danieljames. the 21—year—old wales international has completed a medical and will become ole gunnar solskjaer‘s first signing at old trafford. the deal is expected to go through when the transfer window opens next week. the efl have announced they're implementing the so—called rooney rule, where at least one bame candidate has to be interviewed when a club is selecting a new first team manager.

currently, there are only three managers of bame background in the football league. and league one's coventry will play their home games next season at birmingham. they've been forced to ground share at st andrews after failing to agree a deal to stay at the ricoh arena with owners wasps. the club said it was a sad day for coventry city and its fans. jo konta's run at the french open has come to an end. after becoming the first briton to reach the last four in paris since 1983, she was then beaten by the czech teenager marketa vondrousova, who'll now play ashleigh barty in the final tomorrow. andy swiss reports. so much hope, but ultimately, so much heartache. johanna konta emerged knowing that this was a golden chance to reach a first grand slam final. the clear favourite against the czech teenager marketa vondrousova, and she was soon showing why. konta led 5—3 and had set point, but with the court at her mercy,

it all went wrong. and that horrible miss proved the turning point, as vondrousova reeled off the next four games. another konta misjudgement, and the czech was one set up. still, konta had hope. come the second set, again, she led 5—3. again, it slipped away. it went to a tie—break, and it was vondrousova who was inspired. the 19—year—old duly held her nerve and seized her place in the final, leaving konta to rue what might have been. britain's hopes of ending a a2—year wait for a women's singles finallist at a grand slam have finished in the familiar frustration. andy swiss, bbc news. it is always tough to lose a match, any match. and it is also tough to lose matches where you do have opportunities, you do have chances.

however, i feel very, very co mforta ble however, i feel very, very comfortable and very assured and the fa ct comfortable and very assured and the fact that i did do the best i can. in the men's draw, rafa nadal is through to a his third consecutive french open final. the king of clay knocked out old rival roger federer in straight sets, inflicting federer‘s worst grand slam defeat. nadal will be going for an incredible 12th roland garros title on sunday. he'll play either novak djokovic or dominic thiem, who'll continue their rain—delayed semi—final tomorrow level at one set all with thiem 3—1 up in the third. lewis hamilton crashed out of second practice for sunday's canadian grand prix. after being fastest in first practise in montreal, the championship leader then hit a wall and had to limp back to the pits with a puncture and damage to his mercedes. ferrari's charles leclerc was fastest, just ahead of his team—mate sebastian vettel. in the super league this evening, hull fc beat salford and castleford just edged past huddesrfield giants. they needed a golden point.

leeds chalked up their sixth win of the season with a 10—0 victory at wakefield trinity. tui loloheu returned from injury to score the only try of the match to condemn wakefield to a fourth straight defeat. leeds stay tenth in the table level with wigan on 12 points. there was no play at the cricket world cup today after persistent rain in bristol where pakistan were supposed to be slaying sri lanka. to be playing sri lanka. the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled, only the third wash—out in world cup history. both teams take a point from the game, so now have three points from their opening three matches. tomorrow, it's england against bangladesh in cardiff and afghanistan play new zealand in taunton. england will be looking to bounce back from monday's shock defeat to pakistan when they face bangladesh in cardiff tomorrow. preparations have been disrupted by the weather in wales, with both teams being forced to train indoors. england remain as the tournament favourites, but another defeat could leave eoin morgan's side with plenty of work to do, asjoe wilson reports.

shortly after 2pm here in cardiff, the sun came out. great news which makes us optimistic about the prospects for this match. england did a little indoor net session while the rain came down in the morning. the process remains the same the b today. the fundamental fa ct same the b today. the fundamental fact remains england lost their last game in the world cup. is it harder to deal with the feet when you lose so to deal with the feet when you lose so rarely? now come out the key presents a huge opportunity to learn more about your game, to try and improve. games where we have been defeated probably heavily in the past, we have probably learned the most because we have still managed to stay in the game, we have remained ina to stay in the game, we have remained in a headspace really believe we can still win the game. and that shows probably a lot more to us and to our supporters about what they don't see all the time. they see an exciting team the

majority of the time and we lose games, we want to see character, we wa nt to games, we want to see character, we want to see another side of our game. if and when are feeling the expectation, the pressure of being the pretournament favourite for this world cup, then maybe that is something that bangladesh could exploit. that was a point i put to their captain here today. there is pressure and the people are expecting that england will be taking the trophy this time. which is kind of pressure obviously. but i think england knows how to handle the pressure so obviously for us this is a very important match and we have to give our best shot. mango a dish of been feeling confident. they have already beaten south africa and got close to beaten new zealand in the tournament and they don't have to imagine what is like to be england in the world cup. they can remember. just four years ago for example, they knocked england out of the world cup in adelaide.

the one—day fortunes for england had changed or medically sensitive but it is still the world cup that cou nts it is still the world cup that counts and two wins from three is where both of these teams need to be. joe wilson, bbc news, encarta. finally, we love a hole in one here on sports that in here is a belter in portugal. the first and history of this tournament which is a mixed event where 50 nations compete over a series of six hold matches with djs and weird hazards. the hole in one helped thailand knockout island and will play scotland in the finals. england placed sweden in the knockout stage tomorrow. that's all from sportsday. good night.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield, the editor of politicshome, and benedicte paviot, who's the uk correspondent for france 2a and president of the foreign press association. thanks both for coming in this evening. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the front of the daily mail reports that conservative leadership candidate michael gove has a minute to taking cocaine several times when he was younger. he emitted taking the drug to the paper but says it was a mistake. the sun leading with that same confession. with claims that same confession. with claims that michael gove took the drug several times. politics, still on the times and labour with reports of a fresh anti—semitism route threatening the newly elected mp for peterborough at lisa forbes.

independent meanwhile is leading only store we have covered