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a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have died in this year's event now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme... a repeat of last summer's euros final — but it'll be behind closed doors for england as they take on italy. a masterclass from mitchell as new zealand cruise past 500 on day two of the second test against england. back in the big time — saracens reach their first premiership final, since finding their way back from their salary cap breaches.

hello and welcome to sportsday. on a hugely busy saturday. news of cricket and rugby union to come — but we'll start with football as we're just an hour away from a repeat of last summer's euros final. england are taking on italy in the nations league — with the game taking place behind closed doors at the molineaux stadium. our reporter alex howell is there for us and we canjoin him live. welcome along to sportsday. just remind us alex why this game is having to take place behind closed doors? this is the first time england have played italy since the euro 2020 final and that is the reason why this game is behind closed doors,

uefa punish the fa and england because of the behaviour of supporters that day, so they gave them a two game stadium ban in this is the first of those games. the second is suspended so they are effectively on a yellow card. gareth southgate called it embarrassment, notjust southgate called it embarrassment, not just for football but for the country, so last week when england played in hungary that game was actually behind closed doors but there were 30,000 in attendance and they were all children. as you can see it as a uefa rule that meant they could go in so children under they could go in so children under the age of 14 can go in when accompanied by an adult and the fa are doing the same. but to a much lesser degree. there will be about 2000, 3000 kids from registered football clubs in the area who can come here accompanied by an adult so it will feel much more like a game behind closed doors. it it will feel much more like a game behind closed doors.— behind closed doors. it looks different behind _ behind closed doors. it looks different behind you. - behind closed doors. it looksj different behind you. nobody behind closed doors. it looks i different behind you. nobody is milling around in the background.

in terms of the game — it's been a bit of a trickier international break for england and their performances have come in for some criticism. what will gareth southgate want to see from his side against italy? it has been a difficult one to manage for gareth southgate and the team, four games in ten days and this game tonight is the first of two in four days so i think we will see a lot more rotation this evening. phil foden trained yesterday for the first time, he has just come back from having covid but he is not even in the squad. gavin phillips did not train with the team yesterday. marc guehi has not played in the international break. neither has conor gallagher. gareth southgate said it is a good time to test these players out against top—level opposition because if you only play these players who don't play that many games for england against a lesser nation, you don't learn much about them. tammy abraham

could come in this evening and james ward prowse did the press conference yesterday so we can assume he will start. the england team will look very different and i was at the press conference yesterday speaking to southgate and he said every minute they have a training bitch is vital. they have on the training pitch is vital. . ., ., , also kicking off at 7.45 is wales against belgium in cardiff with the hosts hoping to collect their first points of this nations league campaign, having lost already to poland and the netherlands. but belgium are ranked second in the world thrashed poland 6—1. but wales boss robert page will be hoping to cause an upset. we are at this level because we have earned the right to be at this level and we absolutely respect them as a team and as a nation at the manager is outstanding and what he has done is outstanding and what he has done is brilliant. he will never go away

from his beliefs and how he wants to play and we are expecting, irrespective of the starting 11, we are expecting a tough challenge and similar principles to what he has always had it so this will make for an entertaining and a tough game but we will be ready for it. wales have lost only once to belgium in six meetings over the past nine years. the most recent win against was their 3—1 victory at the quarter—final stage of euro 2016. and they also beat them to qualify for that tournament, that game according to gareth bale was the match that saw this team transform their belief and form. it was definitely one of those moments that you need a good result against a big team and it was a difficult night. they had a lot of the ball but i think it is that belief, knowing we can see games out against the biggest teams, we can compete against the biggest teams, and one of those moments that you can draw back on and as you said,

this is a moment of change, a belief moment that we can compete at the top level and that was a catalyst for what we went on to achieve. scotland are in action in dublin right now, trailing 3—0 against ireland in the nations league. alan browne gave the hosts the lead in the 20th minute before troy parrott doubled their advantage just eight minutes later following some brilliant work from michael 0bafemi in the build up. 0bafemi then turned scorer in the second half, unleashing this unstoppable shot past a despairing craig gordon in the scotland goal in the 51st minute. 79 minutes gone in that game. new zealand posted their highest ever test match score in england after racking up 553 runs in their first innings of the second test at trent bridge.

england struggled to find the answer to them on day two as daryll mitchell starred with the bat. a superb 190 from him, before falling on what was the final delivery of the innings. patrick gearey was watching. it has felt at times in this test match that this is what england were bowling with, a ball that has appeared appetising me large in new zealand's ice but kept escaping englishman, that was daryl mitchell with his second century of a short but spectacular series. perhaps he felt invincible and perhaps he just forgot there was a fielder out there. matthew potts was unfortunately briefly. not everyone was seeing it big, oh well, carry on. tom blundell made his century, you see the nearly 400—4, licensed to loosen up. that was what did for tom blundell in the end, at 106. i liberated mitchell on the other hand was putting them in the stands.

heads up, sign him up. england needed something, anything. they got rain and a chance to refresh and redress, joe wrote dropped a crucial catch on the first day, but no escape this time. michael bracewell out to jimmy escape this time. michael bracewell out tojimmy anderson. finally england were moving and eventually they even got mitchell but by then he had scored 190 and new zealand 553 all out. england's turn and for more than a day and a half batting looked easy but it wasn't and that was zak crawley and this might have been alex lees, daryl mitchell had seen it so well until then. the kind of luck england cannot rely on. patrick gearey, bbc news. here's the latest then from trent bridge — play can go on till after 7pm because of the hour long rain delay today.

england are 64—1 at the moment. and it's also finals day in the charlotte edwards cup — central sparks taking on southern vipers, who are coached by the namesake of this trophy... charlotte edwards. the vipers scored at a decent rate in reply to the sparks score of 109—8. they eventually finished on 110—11. rugby union, and saracens overcame a nine—point deficit and survived three second—half yellow cards to beat champions harlequins in the day's first premiership semi—final. the victory means saracens reached their sixth final in their last eight campaigns — having won four of those trips to twickenham. jess softley has more. former champions versus reigning champions. saracens against harlequins. the stage was set.

harlequins. the stage was set. harlequins have the better start. marcus smith exploiting a gap in the saracens defence to set up danny care. ben earl reduce the deficit before clever play from 0wen farrell had tomkins crashing over it to give saracens the lead. 13—12 at half—time. they held the momentum. all the way to the try line. it is their fourth! _ all the way to the try line. it is their fourth! a _ all the way to the try line. it is their fourth! a series - all the way to the try line. it is their fourth! a series of - all the way to the try line. it is their fourth! a series of high i their fourth! a series of high tackles left _ their fourth! a series of high tackles left them _ their fourth! a series of high tackles left them down - their fourth! a series of high tackles left them down to i their fourth! a series of high tackles left them down to 14 j their fourth! a series of high - tackles left them down to 14 men, an tackles left them down to 1a men, an opportunity harlequins did not waste. direct, precise. harlequins have the skills but not the time. one final try from saracens squashed any hope of a comeback. from the championship to twickenham, saracens return to former glory has been incredible. they are nowjust 80 minutes away from a six premiership title. jess softley, bbc news.

it will be leicester tigersjoining them in the final, they beat northampton saints 27—14 in an end to end game. it will be an all south african final in the united rugby championship. ulster were beaten by the stormers, 17—15, in south africa. they were leading until the closing moments when warrick gelant crossed the line and the kick was converted to seal the win. so it will be the stormers against the bulls in cape town next saturday. andy murray has reached his first tour level final on grass in six years after beating nick kyrgios in the stuggart 0pen. the straight sets win, 7—6, 6—2, sets up a meeting with matteo berrettini of italy in the final on sunday. his last atp tour title came at antwerp in 2019.

not bad preparation ahead of wimbledon, is it? charles leclerc will be hoping to close the gap to max verstappen in the formula one drivers championship after claiming pole for tomorrow's azerbaijan grand prix. he'll line up alongside red bull's sergio perez after the dutchman could only manage third on the grid. nick parrott was watching for us. azerbaijan might are not have the glamour of monaco body provides more of a spectacle. lance stroll crashed twice in the opening session of qualifying and the canadian was left a bit shaken by that. is aston martin team—mate sebastian vettel was merely stirred by his off, and once again lewis hamilton was having problems with his mercedes. he will start from seventh place, two places behind team—mate george russell. at the front of the fear of the usual suspects were battling it out for pole position. shall look like put in a scintillating lap to beat red

bull's sergio parisse by more than a quarter of a second. this bull's sergio parisse by more than a quarter of a second.— quarter of a second. this one i did not meet — quarter of a second. this one i did not expect because _ quarter of a second. this one i did not expect because i _ quarter of a second. this one i did not expect because i thought - quarter of a second. this one i did not expect because i thought red | not expect because i thought red bull were stronger especially in q1 and q2, bull were stronger especially in q1 and 02, i struggled to see that we were faster but in the last lap everything came together and i managed to do a good lap and so i'm extremely happy. we managed to do a good lap and so i'm extremely happy-— extremely happy. we had a little issue with the _ extremely happy. we had a little issue with the refuelling - extremely happy. we had a little issue with the refuelling and - extremely happy. we had a little| issue with the refuelling and that meant _ issue with the refuelling and that meant that we were just out of sequence — meant that we were just out of sequence for our final lap and unfortunately that meant we were 'ust unfortunately that meant we were just out _ unfortunately that meant we were just out of— unfortunately that meant we were just out of sequence and not good enough. _ just out of sequence and not good enough, but i think probably it was a bit too _ enough, but i think probably it was a bit too much divine. this enough, but i think probably it was a bit too much divine.— a bit too much divine. this is charles leclerc's _ a bit too much divine. this is charles leclerc's fourth - a bit too much divine. this is charles leclerc's fourth pole| charles leclerc's fourth pole position in a row but he has failed to convert any of those into victory and with championship leader max verstappen behind him in third, he will have his work cut out again to win. nick parrott, bbc news. there's been loads of golf this week — on the lpga tour, england'sjodi ewart shadoff is one

of the lead on 7 under after her second round at the shoprite classic in newjersey. american lauren coughlin is the club house leader with the afternoon players getting undwerway. in the scandi mixed event — which has men and women competing against each other — sweden's linn grant leads the way on home soil, 1a under, two clear of australia's jason scrivener while on the pga tour — rory mcilory and matt fitzpatrick are just one shot off the lead of wyndhm clark at the canadian 0pen. they're just getting their third rounds underway. and at the controversial saudi—backed liv golf invational at the centrurian club, charl schwartzel is leading the way. he has, however, seen a five shot lead reduced to two with three holes to play. britain's double 0lympic medallist georgia taylor—brown took a second place at the world triathlon event in leeds. cassandre beaugrand of france won in the women's despite getting a ten second penalty. sophie coldwell�*s strong finish meant there was another member of team gb on the podium in third.