hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: rodrygo‘s last—gasp goal for spain sends the spaniards to euro 2020. more football fallout from the fan racism in the bulgaria versus england match. the head of the bulgarian football union resigns. and we'll be in spain to learn how the next generation of european golfers hope to defend the solheim cup. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. we start with football — and spain have become the latest team to qualify for next year's european championship finals, but they left it late to salvage the point they needed in sweden to qualify. marcus berg put the home side in front, five minutes after the re—start. but valencia's rodrigo prodded home an equaliserfrom close range

in stoppage time. it means roberto moreno‘s side become the sixth team to qualify for next year's tournament after belgium, italy, russia, poland and ukraine. elsewhere, the republic of ireland missed their chance to qualify when they lost 2—0 in switzerland. in group f, norway kept alive their hopes of qualification with a 1—1 draw in romania. both sides are locked in a three—way fight with sweden for second place. in groupj, andrea belotti scored twice as italy thrashed liechtenstein 5—0 to make it eight wins out of eight. italy had already qualified — and finland look well—placed tojoin them. they beat armenia 3—0 — to go five points clear in the battle for second place. well the fallout from monday's night's racist abuse in the game between bulgaria and england has continued, with the president of the bulgaria football union borislav mihaylov resigning. the match in sofia was stopped twice due to racist behaviour from the home fans including monkey chanting and nazi salutes. bulgarian journalist

teodora barzakova says that during mihaylov‘s tenure things have only deteriorated he have only deteriorated has been in the job for 14 ye during he has been in the job for 14 years. during the 14 years, it has gotten worse. not only the quality of bulgarian football but also allegations of corruption and the problem with racism this year has probably only been in the headlines quite often. the government also raided the offices of the football association this afternoon so clearly they will take some sort of action and there will be a backlash against the association but it only remains to be seen what action will be taken against the actual fan groups that go and do this. in the asian section of the fifa 2022 world cup qualifiers, there was a suprise win for thailand as they beat the

uae 2-1. thailand, who are ranked 116 in the world, 48 places below their opponents, took the lead in the 26th minute through teerasil dangda, but ali ahmed makhbout equalised for the uae also with a header just before the break. thailand though regained the lead on 51 minutes, ekanit panya the hero for the hosts with the goal which would ultimatel seal the three points. thailand go top of group g on seven points after three matches. —— ultimately. vietnam are second in group g behind thailand on goal difference. that was thanks to their 3—1 victory in indonesia, with nguyen tien linh scoring his sides third here on the hour mark. iraq continued their unbeaten run in the qualifiers, after they thrashed hosts cambodia 4—0. amjad attwan with the pick of the goals. his 25—yard belter flying into the top corner past a stranded keo soksela. elsewhere, two of the best goals of the night were scored in a friendly between

algeria and colombia. baghdad bounedjah lashed in the opening goal of the game, before riyadh mahrez added two more — including this fine solo effort, as the algerians completed a 3—0 win in a match that was played in lille in northern france. it's been a month since europe won golf‘s solheim cup in dramatic fashion against the united states at gleneagles, before they defend the trophy in ohio in two years time, how will the new generation of female golfers in europe be developed, particularly as they compete against the financial might of the lpga tour? sarah mulkerrins has been to spain to find out. a glorious moment for european women's golf. cheering and applause. but one with —— we just one of them playing more events in europe that america this year, is the week to week, edition strong enough to maintain successful solheim cup challenges? it is really hard to

play if you don't have any tournaments. the gpa is so strong that for us it is so hard to play here. yes, it was great to win in scotla nd here. yes, it was great to win in scotland and hopefully we can get some sponsorship after that win and continue the european players to play. continue the european players to play- -- continue the european players to play. —— lpga. continue the european players to play. -- lpga. fast forward ten yea rs, play. -- lpga. fast forward ten years, just 15 i left. this raised serious concerns about the future and the viability of this tour. this season, it has increased, it is up to 20, but in the post solheim cup grow —— glow, there are calls for much more. the calls -- the weight was so much more. the calls -- the weight was so close and the spectacle and the ways finished, it is a huge boost women's golf and hopefully it can bea boost women's golf and hopefully it can be a stepping stone for some more sponsors and more hosts next year. financially, it makes sense for europe's best golfers to play in the l gpa tour. this year, carlotta

secunda has one 20 —— $2.2 million. earnings in the united states are 13 times that of europe. earnings in the united states are 13 times that of europelj earnings in the united states are 13 times that of europe. i dream big. i think there is no limit for tournaments. i would like to see a schedule with a0 or a5 events. we are, it is what it is. the lpga play for 75 million. england's megan maclaren is aiming for the next solheim cup team. she has won the new south wales twice but knows there is a lot on two. they say you came top 20, you might and 6000 euros and then you have paid close

to 1000 euros in food and accommodation and you look around a tournament like this, a lot of girls will be pulling their own trolley. all of these things, hopefully, piece by piece will start to improve. sponsors are attracted to success and innovation. so, the solemn cup when added to the mixed gender event in jordan and solemn cup when added to the mixed gender event injordan and playing under the lights in dubai, should help the lady's european tour make their pitch for a brighter future. —— solheim cup. the build up to the rugby world cup quarter—finals continues — with the last eight teams preparing for the knockout stage which starts on saturday. england face australia in 0ita, and that's followed by new zealand against ireland in tokyo. the all blacks are the two—time defending champions — and favourites to win what would be a record—extending fourth world cup title. they're up against an irish side that finished second in pool a,

having suffered a shock defeat against japan. ireland have won two of their last three matches against new zealand — including their most recent meeting in dublin last year, and the kiwis are keen to put that right. i suppose a little bit in the back of your mind, itjust reminds you that we owe them one, sort of. but at the same time, we don't really, it is not something we dwell on. they have got a couple up on us in recent history. at the same time, it wouldn't matter who you are playing this week, it is just we have to win. ireland will be without their new zealand—born centre bundee aki who's been given a three—match ban, following his red card against samoa last week. despite those two victorie in their last three games against the all blacks — they are being billed as the underdogs in their bid to reach the world cup semi—finals for the first time in their history. it isa do or it is a do or die game. the opportunity of what we have to do.

it is not a case of looking to get people to buy in. everyone wants in, eve ryo ne people to buy in. everyone wants in, everyone is trying to get in and that will pose big challenges for the coaches to pick their teams because everybody has put their hand up because everybody has put their hand up and everybody wants to be involved. in tennis, andy murray has won his first match on european soil in 15 months, after beating kimmer coppejans at the european 0pen in antwerp. it's the former world number one's final tournament of the 2019 season and he beat the unseeded belgian in straight sets, 6—a, 7—6. murray won his first atp matches in china last month after his comeback from major hip surgery in january. britain's chris froome has called the route for the 107th edition of the tour de france "brutal" as he aims for a record—equalling fifth title. the route was unveiled at a ceremony in paris. the tour features five summit finishes before the traditional final sprint stage in paris on the 19th ofjuly. riders will face 29 mountains on the near 3,500 kilometre 21—stage route, which starts in nice

on the 27th ofjune, 2020. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc edwards and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. we've got some fine weather heading our way. wednesday is expected to be a sunny and fresh day with clean air coming off the atlantic. but in the short term we have the overnight rain so early in the morning would be cloudy, wet and quite windy as well. this is the big picture, the satellite, you can see, the weather front here approaching ireland earlier on moving into western parts of the uk, all linked to the low pressure

sitting out there in the atlantic. and this low pressure will be right on top of us during the course of thursday, friday and saturday and sunday and that means the outlook is looking pretty showery and blustery. but in the short term it's the weather front that's bringing the rainfall and quite breezy conditions as well. this is the rain through the early hours of the morning, pretty much through the centre of the british isles. at times the rain will be heavy. not a particularly cold night, around 11 in the south and maybe eight degrees in the north. that weather front will eventually reach eastern parts of the uk early in the morning so you're most likely to catch the rainfall say from east anglia, lincolnshire in the north—east of england and eastern scotland early in the morning and then it's out of the way in the afternoon. you can see it's clear with pleasant conditions on the way. a little on the nippy side in scotland and northern ireland, around 13 degrees, but the winds will be light so not a bad day overall. and with the fine end

to wednesday on the way as well. this is thursday's weather map so the low pressure i showed you from earlier on, edging closer. starting to roll into ireland and the wind will be strong as well. early on wednesday there will be a lot of sunshine around, particularly across central and eastern areas but quickly out towards the west, the winds will strengthen and the showers will rattle in, some will be heavy so steady with the brolly. also hail and thunder is a possibility as well so it will feel chillier articularly across the western areas where the wind will strengthen. winds will then get stronger as we had through friday. the low pressure here has not moved a lot. with the showers churning around it, the overall weather pattern will not change. again, showers are expected, frequent across western and southern areas and along the south coast of england, winds could be in excess of 50 mile an hour and so a blustery end to the week on the way. through the weekend the winds will ease but the showers will continue. i don't want to write the weekend off because there will be sunshine

around as well, it will be just changeable.

welcome to bbc news — i'm mike embley. our top stories: russia labels turkey's invasion of syria "unacceptable" and warns against any attacks on syrian forces. the uk says negotiations with the eu to reach a brexit deal were constructive and will continue later. bulgaria's football chief resigns amid outrage over racist abuse of england players during a match in sofia. dutch police find a family of five who'd been locked away on a farm for almost a decade. as the turkish military offensive

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