good evening, i'm olly foster, live at wembley, here's what's coming up on sportsday this evening. can england 15 minutes away from the european championship final. it could go all the way to penalties. that's how the italians got to the final. they have been on an amazing run. as has nonk djokovic at wimbledon,

he's champion once again at the all england club. as wimbledon comes to a close, we are one match away from the end of the european championship. italy against england at wembley. you might have hurt a bit of police activity down on the streets below me. still thousands setting off flares in wembley way and thousands of fans without tickets. let's take you inside to speak tojohn watson. before we talk about team news and what gareth southgate has done to set up his team against the italians, we saw some scenes outside in which stewards seemed to lose control of the situation with some of those fans without tickets. yes. of those fans without tickets. yes, ima . es of those fans without tickets. yes, images emerging _ of those fans without tickets. yes, images emerging of _ of those fans without tickets. ye: images emerging of those fans, some sections of those fans, who had gathered here at wembley without tickets, trying to force their way

through some of the external security. and stewards who were set “p security. and stewards who were set up to marshal some of those fans coming in, some of my colleagues here witnessed some fans managed to get past at least two sets of security as they tried to get into the stadium without tickets. wembley releasing a statement saying they had got control of the situation. they said it was an isolated incident. but clearly some pockets of fans who are here without tickets trying to force their way into the stadium for the game tonight. and. stadium for the game tonight. and, of course, stadium for the game tonight. and, of course. the _ stadium for the game tonight. and, of course, the trouble _ stadium for the game tonight. and, of course, the trouble is, _ stadium for the game tonight. and, of course, the trouble is, there are about 15,000 empty seats, so if anybody gets in without a ticket, they could very easily blend in. let's get two matters on the pitch. italy unchanged. gareth southgate making a tiny tactical tweak, as he has done all the way through the tournament. has done all the way through the tournament-—

has done all the way through the tournament. , �* ., ., ,, tournament. yes, bukayo saka drops out, the arsenal _ tournament. yes, bukayo saka drops out, the arsenal forward, _ tournament. yes, bukayo saka drops out, the arsenal forward, despite - out, the arsenalforward, despite his impressive performances in this tournament so far. coming in to replace him is kieran trippier, as gareth southgate reverts to the wingback system, which worked so effectively against germany as they came through that last 16 tie, winning that knockout match against germany in a major tournament for the first time in 55 years. i think that defensive setup clearly shows his way of thinking, concern about the attack on quality italy will bring in this match. kieran trippier on the right of luke shaw on the left operating with kyle walker, john stones and harry maguire with those three at the back. interesting to note, there is no phil foden. we understood he was carrying that injury, that foot problem in the lead up to this match. gareth southgate said he would be monitored to see if he could be fit for tonight but he hasn't been passed fit. he offered some control against denmark when he came on in the

latter stages of the semifinal win. he won't be able to call on him tonight and we wait to see how england will fare with that defensive setup against the impressive italians in this tournament so far.- impressive italians in this tournament so far. ~ ., . , tournament so far. john watson, many thanks as the — tournament so far. john watson, many thanks as the fireworks _ tournament so far. john watson, many thanks as the fireworks go _ tournament so far. john watson, many thanks as the fireworks go off- thanks as the fireworks go off behind you, you did not flinch as the red arrows just flew overhead above wembley stadium. all of those fans, about 58,000 england fans, officially, with tickets. and many former players, as well. those that never made it that far and could only have dreamt of playing in a major championship final in the last couple of hours. danny mills who played at the 2002 world cup, he joined me up here. now the players have got to a final, the pressure is off. the semifinal is the one you don't want to go out. it is amazing. i can't believe the amount of ex—players that are turning up, not working but turning up as fans. gareth has changed the whole sort of psyche and the whole... i think feeling towards these young england players. i think that's his

biggest achievement. and i think the difference you mentioned between all those other managers is they've always tried to shoehorn in the best players. and they've often put them in the wrong positions, just to get the best players into the team. we've seen with gareth, what he's done is he's played the best players in the formation he wants to play. whether that goes against popular opinion or not, leaving foden, grealish, sancho out, playing kieran trippier at left back, he's done the best thing he sees fit for the team, regardless of status or how these players are. that's the biggest compliment. gareth southgate trusted by his has done with them over the last five years since he took over. he said he took over an absolute mess but a world cup semifinal and euro final. italian fans look to roberto mancini. they didn't make it to the

world cup in russia but they are on an unbeaten 33 match run under roberto mancini. here is how they got to the final. italy are into the final. what a team roberto mancini has put together here. for all the talk of football coming home, there remains the rival and passion of rome. whilst italy's wait for major football success has been comparatively short, the desire for victory tonight is overwhelming. italy are far from just guests at england's party. translation: we have to enjoy it. we have to really enjoy it. we have to be carefree and a bit crazy. these are the ingredients that allowed us to get to this point and that can help us win this trophy. like england, italy have enjoyed at least some home comforts. an opening night win over turkey... insigne.

..as comprehensive as it was impressive. they have lit up rome tonight. another chance to shine came just days later, thumping switzerland. italy were rapidly looking like the team to beat. rounding off their group with yet another win, this time against wales. verratti. the flick on is brilliant. three from three. and then to wembley. austria provided a rather sterner test but italy pass, flying colours and all. belgium next in the quarterfinals and one of the goals of the tournament. insigne! what a hit! the penalty shoot—out against spain was nerve shredding. italy have got to this final the hard way. italy have proved of late possible to beat. 33 games, almost three years without defeat. an extraordinary story that will take something special to stop rome celebrating tonight.

adam wilde, bbc news. such a difficult way. the italians were looking for a championship double today because they had matteo berrettini in the singles final in wimbledon. he took the first set but novak djokovic won in four. he now joins roger federer and rafa nadal on 20 grand slam titles. here is our sports correspondent, joe wilson. when berrettini raised his game, we heard. london supporting italy hours before wembley! 71 minute first set settled in a flash. if djokovic was

shocked a bit, he reacted. he took the second set 6—4 and let's be clear, he is respected globally as a true sporting rate. but djokovic wanted to feel the love on centre court. and as berrettini faulted, it was 6—4, it was 2—1. passed three hours went the final. louder grew the noise. "matteo" chanted many. djokovic chased everything. who's winning this point? the world number one. and the break of serve followed. it should be a gripping rally on championship point. it should be a challenge to achieve something momentous. it was. grand slam title number 20. the last ten years has been an incredible journey... ..that is not stopping here. with this, djokovic is now level with federer and nadal and surely

they will have been watching. joe will —— joel i , bbc news. wimbledon over for another year. up to 50 matches over the past month, we are down to the final match at the european championship. let's take you back inside wembley stadium because the teams are out. we are minutes away from the start of the final. we had the red arrows fly overhead and we had a pyrotechnic display, italy against england in a tournament delayed by a year. it has definitely been worth the wait. as for england's 55 year wait, doesn't that depend on the results. coverage across the bbc, of course. as chiellini enjoys the italian national anthem. will this be his last major final? italian national anthem. will this be his last majorfinal? we italian national anthem. will this be his last major final? we will wait and see. we will wait and see the result of this final. from me

and the rest of the sports day team, try and enjoy the match, if you can. goodbye. hello, there. it looks like we're going to see something much more like summer as we head further into the new week. major change in the weather pattern. much of the summer has been wet because we've had low pressure close by, as we've got now, bringing the rain. and that's because the jet stream has been to the south of the uk. hop the other side of the atlantic, run things on a bit, we've got much more amplification of the jet, which means we're going to find a strengthening jet running to the north of the uk. that will allow high pressure to slowly but surely build up from the south—west and settle things down. things are not settled at the moment, though. we've got rain developing and pushing its way eastwards across england and wales. northwards, too. so, turning wetter here, some heavy bursts of rain. does turned drier across scotland, the thundery downpours easing away, and it should be largely dry overnight in northern ireland. so, a touch cooler here.

warm night where we have the cloud and rain, though, across england and wales. still some heavy bursts of rain in the morning. the rain is moving very slowly northwards. it may ease off for a while, but as some sunshine comes out in places, it will trigger some thundery downpours — scotland, but also in particular towards the south east of england and east anglia. threat of some localised flooding by the end of the day. not going to be as wet for northern ireland, wales and perhaps the south west, and it should be a little bit warmer than it was today. low pressure, then, is with us for the start of the week, hence that flooding rain in places. the low transfers out into continental europe. most of the thundery downpours are away the other side of the channel, but the low is close enough by to bring the threat of some heavy showers towards the south east. but generally we've got fewer, lightershowers. it's turning drier from west. a bit more sunshine coming through, so temperatures will be a degree or two higher on tuesday. and it continues to dry out during wednesday as that rain pushes away. yes, we're going to find a weak weather front arriving in the north west bringing more cloud, but otherwise it's dry

and there should be some decent spells of sunshine. as a result, those temperatures up to 2a, maybe even 25 degrees. now, it's not going to get hotjust yet. we've got the high pressure building in towards the uk, but this is where the air is coming from. it's more of a northerly breeze, but certainly an improvement as the week goes on. we're starting wet with some flooding rains in places. from midweek onwards, though, it looks much drier with some sunshine. it looks like summer is coming home at last.

this is bbc news, the headlines at eight: 0n the brink of history — england's lions kick off against italy's azzurri at wembley to see who will be crowned the champions of europe. the england team were cheered on as they set off for the stadium, hoping for the tournament win that has proved so elusive for more than half a century. the lucky few — 65,000 england and italy fans are gathering at wembley for what is sure to be a night to remember. across england, the millions without tickets are also hoping that tonight, just maybe, it's coming home. gareth southgate's had this message for them.