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ina in a moment we will have sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 6:50pm we will be speaking to a humanitarian rights activist about the damning oxfam sex abuse report. at eight o'clock the latest from the battle to be the next conservative leader and prime minister as rival candidates set out their policies. and at 10:1i0pm candidates set out their policies. and at10:40pm and candidates set out their policies. and at 10:1i0pm and 11:30pm we will ta ke and at 10:1i0pm and 11:30pm we will take a look at tomorrow's front pages. that is all head for you on bbc news but now it is sportsday.

hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme... the road to euro 2020 continues — but can scotland pull off a shock win against the team ranked world number one? the wait is over for the united states as the defending champions begin their bid for a fourth world cup title. but the waiting continues in bristol as a record third game is rained off at this year's cricket world cup. hello and welcome to sportsday. the march to euro 2020 continues for three of the home nations this evening. northern ireland could make history later if they can manage a fourth straight win in their qualifying campaign as they take on belarus. wales could put themselves top of their group with victory over hungary, but it's scotland who have the biggest task of all.

they're in belgium facing the side ranked number one in the world. chris mclaughlin is in brussels. it's also been no scotland at a major tournament for a very long time. in brussels, the fans here for yet again what seems like another mission impossible. do you live in hope? we always have to do, we are scottish. it is game number two and other than blind optimism there is nothing to suggest scotland should ta ke nothing to suggest scotland should take anything from this game but there is a new man in charge who is quietly determined and seems like a man with a plan. hopefully the players remember a lot of the m essa 9 es players remember a lot of the messages they got last week. you have to execute your plan. we have to hope for an almost perfect performance, certainly defensively. we can't make too many mistakes

because if we do we will be punished. the last time the two sides met was late last year, it was a 4—0 thumping in glasgow. much has changed since then but... we have not had a big result probably since england, and even then it was a disappointment because of the late goal, but since then the big nations have turned us over really if i'm being honest. we need to try and make ourselves hard to beat against the top nations again. when i first came into the squad, the top nations didn't like playing against us and they had to work for it and that's what we need to get back to. there is still a long way to go in the campaign. the table shows some kind of result in belgium would put a stuttering start back on track. i thought it was gone straightaway because there's always one result kills us and it looked that way in

kazakhstan. we have got to win every game and take something off the top tea m game and take something off the top team and that comes against russia and belgium, obviously. for that to happen, scotland will need every trick and every flick in the book. some team news, andy robertson will miss the qualifier. let's talk about northern ireland now. they're currently top of their group after they came from behind last saturday to beat estonia 2—1. a win tonight would make it four in a row in qualifying, with germany and the netherlands still to come. the northern ireland manager has made four changes from the team that beat estonia. evans comes into midfield and the three substitutes who came on to great effect start up front, jordanjones who came on to great effect start up front, jordan jones and the

who came on to great effect start up front, jordanjones and the two goal—scorers, washington and josh magennis. northern ireland are top of theirgroup, and magennis. northern ireland are top of their group, and a win tonight will mean they will achieve something they have never done before. if they get four victories ina row before. if they get four victories in a row it is the first time they will have done that at the start of any campaign. northern ireland beat belarus in windsor park. a win tonight will set them up very nicely ahead of much tougher games against the netherlands and four times world champions germany in the autumn. kick off is 7:45pm home time. wales will be looking to recover from their defeat to croatia at the weekend — something manager ryan giggs described as a "missed chance". it raises the stakes for their trip to budapest tonight and giggs admits wales have had a tough start to qualifying. we are up against it, we have one less game

than everybody else, and also two tough away games on the spin, but you have to deal with that and get on with it. it is important that we get something out of the game. there are also 15 more points to be won so we are also aware of that. it would be nice after these two tough games to come away with something. we're into day five now of the women's world cup. in a moment we'll have all the build up to tonight's game between the usa and thailand. earlier, though, the european champions the netherlands began their campaign with a 1—0 victory over new zealand — jill roord scoring in injury time to finally break the ferns resistence and send the dutch fans wild. chile and sweden are currently playing — it's 0—0. and still to come... they've had to wait for it

but the united states get the defence of their title under way this evening. it all kicks off in reims at eight o'clock tonight when they take on thailand — a team ranked 33 places below them... well, let's go to france and our reporter sarah mulkerrins who's there for us. this is the top ranked team, they must be feeling pretty confident? feeling pretty confident but in the build—up to this they have been piling the pressure on this team. the fans, who are making their way into the ground, will be hoping to support this team because it is undoubted they have been feeling the pressure. that is what the talk has been about because you had the hosts, france, one of the favourites with their spectacular win and a great performance on friday night in the opening game. we also know the us women's national team have filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the federation and although they come in as defending champions theirform they come in as defending champions their form has not

they come in as defending champions theirform has not been they come in as defending champions their form has not been great, particularly over the last six months or so. the defence is pretty shaky. only one player remains from the winning campaign four years ago. thenin the winning campaign four years ago. then in 2015 they went 540 minutes without conceding a goal, but they have been conceding plenty in the last six months. the midfield and attack is where their talent really comes from and i think tonight they will play thailand and there is a big gulf in class in between these sides. it's not where the usa will find their biggest threat but they wa nt to find their biggest threat but they want to find some form. the last time these teams met in 2016 the usa ran out 9—0 winners but thailand don't have professional players and they struggle with the physicality and the technical aspects of the game as they are developing into this sport. not going to be the biggest of tests for the usa tonight, that will probably come

later on in this group. the final group game, the key one in this group, is when they will meet sweden. sweden knocked the usa out of the olympics two years ago so that's where the pressure will really come. we can see the united states fa ns really come. we can see the united states fans gathering behind you. thank you. what next then for the two home nations? well the england camp have made their way from nice up to le havre, where they'll face argentina on friday. a win there for phil neville's lionesses would ensure qualification to the knockout stages. let's go now tojo currie. the mood there must be pretty positive? absolutely, positive indeed. the lionesses have gone from sunny nice to the slightly chilly normandy in the north of france. their second base camp is here, that match is on

friday. for one lioness this world cup isa friday. for one lioness this world cup is a bit of a coming—of—age. go back to 2015 and alex greenwood was the youngest lioness in the world cup at canada. this year the now manchester united captain says she is using that experience to help the youngest member of the squad this time around. i think i'm really different to howl time around. i think i'm really different to how i was four years ago in the sense of i am more mature. probably know the game a lot better than i did then. i think the game has moved on so much in four years that georgia has probably progressed more than i did at her age but she is a fantastic talent andl age but she is a fantastic talent and i will give herthe age but she is a fantastic talent and i will give her the best advice ican coming and i will give her the best advice i can coming into the tournament, but she doesn't need much advice. she will be a really talented player. alex, georgia, and the rest of the lionesses have their focus firmly set on the game against

argentina on friday. because england beat scotland in their opening game and because japan, the 2011winners, the runners—up last time out had that shock draw with argentina last night, it means if england beat argentina on friday they automatically go through to the knockout stages with one game to spare. because of the result last night it means scotland's chances of getting out of the group are much stronger than they were before. asjo says, scotland fans should be feeling more optimistic now thanks to that result last night. they've travelled from nice after their defeat to england up to rennes ahead of their next game which is against the japanese on friday. our reporterjane dougall is there tonight. jane, it's not going to be easy for scotland, is it? no, and i think the

weather is getting progressively worse as we travel across france but at least the scotland players will feel at home here. it hasn't stopped raining today. scotland are bottom of the table, the only team in the group to have lost a match after that draw last night, and of course losing to england. it means if england beat argentina scotland have to get at least one point in friday's match against japan and hope to beat argentina too if they hope to beat argentina too if they hope to beat argentina too if they hope to finish second in the group. there are so many positives to take from that loss to england, particularly in the second half when they played incredibly well including that first goal in a women's world cup in clare emms lee. earlier the assistant head coach andy thomson spoke to the media and said already the england match is behind them and they are looking forward to japan.

we have a disappointment all throughout the campaign and bounce back quickly. there is no doubt in our minds that coming into the japan game the england game is forgotten about. we went over it this morning very briefly, talked them through a few things they could have done better, but overall it was a positive performance. the scotland players have had a bit ofa the scotland players have had a bit of a rest day, in fact we know they have been in their games room which they have at their chateau an hour north of the city and there has been some pool going on, some showing off potting two balls with one—shot! christie murray has had an assessment to determine whether she will be able to play on friday because she picked up a knock in the england game. japan are ranked

seventh in the world, they got to their last world cup final to be beaten by the usa. theirform has dipped of late, a lacklustre performance last night, and scotland will have watched that and been encouraged by it. go and find yourself some shelter. thank you. all the coverage of the tournament across the bbc...you can watch tonight's game between the usa and thailand via the bbc sport website and on bbc four. and those two big games for scotland and england are both on bbc one on friday. the cricket world cup is taking a battering from the great british summer as rain continues to strike large parts of the uk. bangladesh vs sri lanka was the latest to be abandoned to make it three so far at this world cup. so, what can we expect over the next few days of the tournament? well, no better man to ask than the bbc‘s weather presenter simon king and i began by asking him

if it's going to get any better. we should see some improvements for the rest of this week so taunton tomorrow looks ok but there are some showers that will develop later in the day so i think there will be some interruptions because of those showers but fingers crossed they should be some hours of play for tomorrow at taunton and for the rest of the week again it is unsettled, showers on and off, but i think it will be better than we have seen over the last couple of days, certainly today and yesterday. this is highly unusual. it isjune, how unusual is it? it is not that unusual is it? it is not that unusual really. a lot of us probably have memories of last year when it was very dry and we had the heatwave going intojuly so that was unusual, so going intojuly so that was unusual, so actually we have seen a lot of rainfall, more than one month's worth over the last 48 hours, to see showers in june isn't

worth over the last 48 hours, to see showers injune isn't unusual and longer spells of rain. hopefully we will see things improve next week. low pressure will start to drift away, higher pressure moving in. certainly for the week after next it is looking like that trend will continue to be mostly dry so i am hopeful we will start to get some better weather. it can't get much worse than what we have had so far. no sign of the weather dissipating so no sign of the weather dissipating so let's find out what that means for the tournament. i'm joined by simon hughes at the bristol game. what impact is this having on the momentum of the world cup?m what impact is this having on the momentum of the world cup? it is a real problem for teams like bangladesh and sri lanka today but also south africa who lost their match yesterday to the weather. i think south africa's position is probably worse than anyone's. they lost their first three, then lost one to the weather so they have only

got one point. it will be something like 11 days since they have played a match so it adds to the problem is, having lost a few games then not playing for a couple of weeks almost, it's really difficult to come back into the tournament. almost, it's really difficult to come back into the tournamentlj suppose come back into the tournament.” suppose we are not known for having the best weather, but have we ever seen the best weather, but have we ever seen this before in previous tournaments? and what sort of effect did it have? it's one of those things that happened in 1999 actually. it was a period of about a week or so in the middle of the tournament. i am getting dripped on as we speak. the problem is that the ground like this one in bristol is not that well equipped. grounds like lords, the oval, old trafford, they have spent a lot of money on their drainage so as soon as it stopped raining you can head on. the previous game was called off here,

on friday we probably could have played at other grounds at four o'clock. in a way it is luck of the draw where you get put for the games. from a fan perspective some will get at least a partial refund, but some have travelled so far to watch these games and it won't be much consolation for them. is there any argument for a replay? to try to get games completed for the last few days, as far as spectators are concerned i will say bangladesh fans dressed in tiger outfits have been well kitted out today, it's been perfect for this terrible weather. they have been the warmest people in the ground but their stoicism has been fantastic, as is mine given that i am being dripped on at the moment. we will kit you out in a tiger suit for next time! simon hughes, thank you. eight british visually impaired tennis players are in spain this week competing

in the international blind tennis tournament in benidorm. last year, great britain clinched an impressive six golds and one silver medal so will be hopeful of returning this year with more. anne—marie batson has been to meet one of the competitors. it isa it is a region famous for its footballing tradition but the north—east has another thriving sport. visually impaired and blind tennis are increasing in popularity among the visually impaired community. rosie is a visually impaired player and volunteer for middlesbrough, she has played for over six years and represents great britain. before i started playing tennis i wouldn't have had the confidence to stand here and talk to people. it has given me the ability to go out and get employment, i was able to get a job through my involvement in tennis, build up my personal network, my savings and to get my first place as well. tennis has been fantastic for