england won the match 6—0 in sofia, but proceedings were overshadowed by behaviour including monkey chants and nazi salutes by groups of the home support. the game had to be halted twice. the disruption of both teams‘ national anthems by opposing fans will also be investigated. but players and politcians have condemned the scenes, which the fa's chairman greg clarke called appalling. england's tyrone mings, making his debut, heard some of the abuse early on. i heard it before it even got to the of the pitched in the warm up. and we spoke about a coming off of the pitch after the warm up and obviously, it was happening in the game. obviously, they had an announcement, two or three steps before the players are taken off the

pitch. we knew that if anything happened in the next half, we would be off. the referee had said the same and we knew that if we came off, probably would not be going back on. i was looking at a group of people who were making what looked like political fascist gestures. we thought it was important that we heard it, that the protocols have been followed. people were talking oi'i been followed. people were talking on the pitch which i was extremely proud of. i do not think a game of this magnitude has been stopped twice this i've spoken to them throughout half time and at the end of the game, we will be carrying out energy teddy make a thorough investigation to make a thorough investigation to make sure that this appalling scene of terrible racism is treated

appropriately. well, uefa have to announce any possible sanctions for bulgaria, well, uefa have yet to announce any possible sanctions for bulgaria, who were already serving a partial stadium closure, due to racist incidents in previous matches. the head of the bulgarian football union today earlier resigned after political pressure. but campaigners feel that uefa feel that the issue should have been taken more seriously, earlier on. what happened last night was embarrassing for football. it was embarrassing for football. it was embarrassing for football. it was embarrassing for people in that stadium and embarrassing to read all of the reports, but also hear the level of chanting and noises that we re level of chanting and noises that were coming up from the fan base. u efa were coming up from the fan base. uefa were in the ground, there are delegates in the ground, the responders in the ground. so, for me, they fouled the players in england as a nation in terms of really identifying and putting into practice their own procedures to

protect the players in the layers of abuse which we heard was going on during the warm up. so did the officials here at going on in the warm up? to the spot is here going on in the warm up? these are questions i would be able, love to be able to ask uefa. but a strong message, i am sorry, be able to ask uefa. but a strong message, iam sorry, no be able to ask uefa. but a strong message, i am sorry, no points deductions, because they are not going to qualify anyway. for me, it has to be expulsions with warnings about future competitions stop what do you think this is going to be the watershed moments that many are predicting it could be? i do not have much and everything fizzled out and if this is going to change the face of football and how racism and discrimination look in the scam is today, the fact that we are here talking about another issue where we are speaking about an issue with our national site only last season, i am still not of the confidence that u efa still not of the confidence that

uefa will follow through with the actions that they should take. at the moment, i think they're probably embarrassed and we eagerly await what happens to their meeting, they should've called a special meeting, there should've been a topic of discussion immediately to get a resolution immediately defined over the actions will be. so we await the kind of sanctions shall be put in place, but again, there put in place against what happened on the video screens when really they should be isolated and dealt with instantly. the republic of ireland missed their chance tonight to qualify for the european championship next summer. their hopes of a spot now rest on next month's final group d game at home to denmark after suffering a 2—0 defeat in switzerland. a clean strike from haris seferovic saw ireland off to a disappointing start. in the second half — their captain seamus coleman got sent off — he'll miss the next game. he conceded a penalty which was saved by ireland's darren randolph. switzerland made amends though, with a goalfrom edimilson

fernandes in added time. spain sealed their place at the euros with a draw in sweden, but they left it late. spain came from behind thanks to this scrappy late goalfrom rodrigo. it tied the score at 1—1 in the 92nd minutes. let's have a quick look at some of the days other sports stories. andy murray is through to the second round of the european open after beating kimmer coppejans in his opening match. the former world number one took the opening set 6—4, then the second in a tie breaker to advance to the next round. england all—rounderjenny gunn has retired from international cricket — she played 259 times for her country in all formats, winning the world 2020 in 2009. and britain's world heptathlon champion katarina johnson—thompson has been nominated for the iaaf world athlete of the year award. johnson—thompson won her first global outdoor title at the world championships in doha with a british record. england's billy vunipola is "very

likely" to be fit to start for their rugby world cup quarter final against australia on saturday, that is according to defence coach john mitchell. vunipola injured his ankle against argentina 10 days ago but is close to returning. it's been a month since europe won golf‘s solheim cup in dramatic fashion against the united states at gleneagles. and one of the key questions asked after that success, was how does the european tour build on that. as it competes against the financial might of the lpga tour across the atlantic? sarah mulkerrins has been to a recent event in spain to find out. a glorious moment for women's golf. but with just one of the victorious 12 playing more events in europe than in america, this competition could be strong enough to maintain

futures solemn cup —— solo cup challenges. it is so strong and for us challenges. it is so strong and for us it is so hard to play here and i think it was great to win in scotla nd think it was great to win in scotland and hopefully will get some sponsors for the next european tour and so we can play more. back in 2008 there were 28 events on the tour, fast forward ten years to 2018, just 15. this raised serious concerns about the future and the viability of this tour. the season, it has increased and it is up to 20, but in the next event there is call for much more. the spectacle of the cup this year and the current finish, it was a huge boost for women's golf and hopefully can be a stepping stone for more next year. it makes sense for the best golfers

to play on the tour. the top money earner has one £222,000 in the united states, the highest earner has over £2.1 million. i think there is no limit for tournaments, i would like to see is schedule with 40 or 45 events. they have never pretended to be like that, we are, it is what it is. they'll play for 75 million. aiming for the next cup team that she has seen open twice up, but knows the reality of life on tour. there's a lot of things that the pay for, you might earn 6000 euros and then you have paid close to 1000 euros in food and accommodation. you look at a tournament like this, a

lot of girls would be pulling their own trolley. hopefully the room piece by piece things will start to improve. sponsors will improve success and innovation, so the cup when added to the mixed gender event injordan and when added to the mixed gender event in jordan and playing when added to the mixed gender event injordan and playing in dubai, it should help the european tour make their pitch for a brighter future. and nascar driver brendan gaughan walked away unscathed from an incredible crash in yesterday's race at talla—dega speedway. gaughan was briefly leading the race with seven laps leftwhen the accident happened. his car was squeezed between two others, performed a somersault, and landed back on its wheels. he later told his mum on tv, "it didn't hurt, i promise". 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 the author and journalist, rachel shabi and deputy comment editor at the telegraph, madeline grant. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. if the deal is confirmed in some sort of agreement which could well leave the du p under abor spots. let's start with the financial times — it says borisjohnson is racing against time to secure a brexit deal, as he faces pressure from the eu for new concessions. the prime minister is increasingly optimistic that a brexit