we love playing at hampden, we love speaking to young _ at hampden, we love speaking to young girls after — young girls after and seeing how inspired they are and how passionate they are. _ inspired they are and how passionate they are, and like cuthbert talks on, they are, and like cuthbert talks on. we — they are, and like cuthbert talks on, we love it. we love that bit of playing _ on, we love it. we love that bit of playing for— on, we love it. we love that bit of playing for scotland. yeah, huge amount of hype around this match, but make no mistake, the republic of ireland will be bringing it too. they have never qualified for a world cup, so they will be hoping to win tonight as well, and they are higher bit dummett up in they are higher bit dummett up in the rankings then scotland —— they are higher up. let's switch to wales. it is to 1—0 for wales against switzerland in zurich. it is going to be tougher for them against switzerland in zurich. it is going to be tougherfor them because they are lowest in the rankings for these playoff finals. i will explain why in a minute. wales wo

however, a win won't guarantee a place at next year's tournament. jane dougall is at hampden for us.n and wales women have to do winter night otherwise they are out and they have to hope that other results go their way. wales are playing switzerland in zurich as we speak and after 25 minutes it is 1—0 to wales. they have never qualified for a major tournament before so this is nerve—racking for them and as for scotland, they take on the republic of ireland at hampden park in the later match and will have to win if they want to stand any chance of getting to the world cup. it is expected to be another record crowd for a competitive women's match here stop but even if scotland and wales to win their matches, neither are guaranteed a place at the world cup. there are three play—off matches tonight and two of the winners will automatically get through, but that is only dependent on their rankings. the third winner will have to go to another play—off which will take place in february in new zealand, so it is completed, but if it means getting to a world cup, worth it. thank you. time for

jane, thank you very much i indeed, jane dougall at hampden for us.ur those affected by the tragedy. also tonight, the champions league. erling haaland might not get the chance tonight to add to his prolific start to life as a manchester city player. he's been left on the bench for city's champions league game in denmark against fc copenhagen. two of his 20 goals in 13 games for the club so far came in the first match between the two last week at the etihad, which left city a win away from qualifying for the knockout stage. that match starts at 5.45pm. also tonight, celtic against rb leipzig, as they are looking to get off the bottom of their group, and chelsea looking to take top spot in theirs. they are playing in milan. five life has all the coverage. —— radio 5 live has all the coverage. thanks, hugh. the bank of england has widened its scheme to buy bonds, saying that there was a material risk to financial stability. the scheme, introduced to calm the markets after the chancellor's mini budget, is due to end on friday. the international monetary

and scotland against ireland, at hampden park.hoping to go further. a win for wales and switzerland would just be a step towards the first major tournament. this was their chance. roberts grabbed it. for a moment wales relieved but the euphoria was short—lived. a well worked goal gives switzerland the equaliser. that meant extra time. and right on the last minute switzerland broke wales hearts. they celebrated and wales hearts. they celebrated and wales watch their world cup dreams. a wales to was not helpful for scotland. now all they could do was leave everything on this pitch and hope that be an hour. this is an opportunity. the republic of ireland stood in their way. but when scotland were gifted at penalty two caroline ware couldn't convert. ireland then took control. as skilful ball through who kept her cool skilful ball through who kept her cool. that was ireland's winner, sending them to a first—ever world cup. 0h, sending them to a first—ever world cup. oh, that picture says it all. while scotland will have to watch anoth

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meanwhile scotland play austria at hampden park.g for a play—off final place against the republic of ireland. coach pedro martinez losa is encouraging his team to be brave and fearless. they'll be hoping for back—to—back world cup appearances. the premier league have announced that players will take the knee for the next two rounds of matches — as england's top division highlights their unity against all forms of racism. ahead of the start of this season, premier league club captains collectively selected significant moments to take the knee throughout the season — and teams again will take the knee on boxing day — after the season resumes following this winter's world cup. lewis hamilton says it's "imperative" suitable punishments are given to any team found to have broken formula 1's budget cap. hamilton's mercedes team and ferrari both said at last weekend's singapore grand prix it was an open secret two teams broke the cost cap last season. the british driver says it will be "bad for the sport" if action isn't taken and the spor

scotland will now face the republic of ireland on tuesday and that's also at hampden park.h minute. portugal will be at home to iceland in the next round on tuesday. two teams expected to contend at that world cup in australia and new zealand meet in a high profile friendly at wembley on friday. it's the european champions against the world champions as england take on the usa. it's been a significant week on and off the field for the us women's national team with their forward megan rapinoe hoping the match will provides a welcome distraction from what she's described as a �*traumatising' few days for her teammates after a report was published revealing systemic abuse of players while the england coach sez the game will be a test a very big game that we wanted to play, the usa wants to play as well, and it's another starting moment to see where we are at so we did the brief of the euros and now we have this very big moment to see what we are, we want to win the game and see how we can do and from that, we will take it, ten months to get ready for the world cup. atlanta haw

footage from the hampden park dressing room was circulated on social media after the game on tuesdayn apology from the team's manager and the football association of ireland. but uefa have opened the investigation to consider potential inappropriate behaviour by the players. world cup kicks off. england have named their 19—man squad and it contains five uncapped players. winger dan young is set to make his england debut against samoa on saturday in newcastle. the 21—year—old has been named ahead of ryan hall, england's leading try—scorer of all time. herbie farnworth is a centre born in burnley but has been living and playing in brisbane since he was a teenager. i playing in brisbane since he was a teenaaer. .,, ., , , playing in brisbane since he was a teenaaer. ., _ ~ ., playing in brisbane since he was a teenaaer. ., _ ~' ., teenager. i obviously know the boys from watching _ teenager. i obviously know the boys from watching them _ teenager. i obviously know the boys from watching them play _ teenager. i obviously know the boys from watching them play in - teenager. i obviously kn

now all they could do was leave everything on this hampden pitch and hope that would be enough.nd then took control. amber barrett kept her cool. that was ireland�*s winning goal, sending them to a first ever world cup. whilst scotland will have to watch another major tournament from afar. disappointment and that is an understatement for both scotland and wales. several have spoken of their frustration during the summer�*s euros watching england lift a trophy for a tournament they were not even involved in and now next year�*s world cup will take place without wales and scotland involved. and that means they will be set out on the chance to capitalise on the growth of the women�*s game. one of the last remaining stars of hollywood�*s golden age — the actress dame angela lansbury — has died at the age of 96. herfamily said she died at her home in los angeles this morning. she was best known for starring as the detective in murder she wrote but also had a presence on stage and in film. sarah campbell looks back at her life. suppose the master comes back and asks where you�*ve gone

the scots host republic of ireland at hampden with the winners in the frame to go straight to next year's new zealand. contrasting expectations for the three british clubs involved in the champions league tonight. manchester city will expect to seal qualification. celtic are fighting to stay in the hunt. while chelsea are in the middle of the tightest of all the groups. they're in italy to play ac milan having comfortably beat the italian champions last week. both teams are behind the leaders salzburg. so a slip up by either side could be costly with only two more matches to follow. manchester city have won three out of three of their group games, helped in no small part by the incredible erling braut haaland. haaland has now scored 20 goals in 13 games for city in all competitions in his first season at the club. tonight they're away to copenhagen, who they thrashed 5—0 at home last week. haaland scored twice. the numbers speaks for itself, the fact that at the early age how many goals in the champions league, in norway, austria and germany are now in england, so i speak a lot about this

and scotland losing to ireland at hampden park. jane dougall was there for us. a well worked goal gave switzerland the equaliser. that meant extra time. and right on the last minute switzerland broke wales hearts. they celebrated and wales watch their world dream slip away. a wales defeat was not helpful for scotland. now all they could do was leave everything on this page and hope that would be an hour. this is an opportunity. the republic of ireland stood in their way. but when scotland were gifted the penalty... caroline ware couldn't convert. ireland then took control. a skilful ball back to barrett who kept her cool ball back to barrett who kept her cool. that was ireland's winner, sending them to a first ever world cup. while scotland will have to watch another major tournament from afar. we need to digest and we need to go home and we need to take some time. but the hard work of the players had done is been amazing, i'm very proud of them. have for everything else and we will stick together, we will come back together and hopefully we have another opportu

footage released on social media showed the women's team celebrating in the changing room at hampdenement manager vera pauw said "we apologise from the bottom of our hearts to anyone who's been offended" and that they will "remind" the players of their responsibilities. rangers have what will likely be their final chance to save their champions league campaign tonight. but ibrox might provide a crucial weapon in their attempts to do that by beating liverpool. jurgen klopp's side won when they met last week in what was their first ever competitive game. but although they're in a qualifying position in the champions league, domestically liverpool are struggling. they sitjust tenth in the premier league. and it led to a tetchy exchange during klopp's prematch news conference. i heard the phrase used that liverpool need a spark. who i heard the phrase used that liverpool need a spark. who said that? oh, _ liverpool need a spark. who said that? oh, great, _ liverpool need a spark. who said that? oh, great, he _ liverpool need a spark. who said that? oh, great, he is— liverpool need a spar

.�* whilst scotland take on austria at hampden park.ld cup and that the road to new zealand and australia is a long and complicated one. australia and new zealand is the desired destination for wales and scotland. tonight, both play matches in the european play—offs for next year's world cup. wales have the chance to reach a major tournament for the first time. tonight's play—off semifinal against bosnia and herzegovina in cardiff has been described as the biggest game in their history. described as the biggest game in their history-— their history. plays and stuff, we had a plan _ their history. plays and stuff, we had a plan from _ their history. plays and stuff, we had a plan from day _ their history. plays and stuff, we had a plan from day one - their history. plays and stuff, we had a plan from day one and - their history. plays and stuff, we| had a plan from day one and that plan is on track. this is the point we wanted to be at. i think when we looked last september when we started this campaign, we would have given anything to b

footage released on social media showed the team celebrating in the changing room at hampden park afterbottom of our hearts to anyone who's been offended" and that they will "remind" the players of their responsibilities. we are sincerely deeply sorry for what happened and it does not matter if the players meant anything or not because they did not mean anything with that, it is a celebration and that occurs. but that does not mean that occurs. but that does not mean that they should not be, not realising what they're doing. and it is also not to put social media and if it's in a private room, it should not happen either. because of having respect for everybody and respect for the history. to cricket now and england won their t20 series against world champions australia with a match to spare in canberra. dawid malan and sam curran were the stars for england. australia needed 179 to win but fell nine runs short to give england an unassaliable 2—nil lead in the series asjoe wilson reports. reaching for the stars here just butler. what is the field or beneath the balljust as england strugg

meanwhile scotland play austria at hampden park.for them that is an opportunity for them to go to the world cup but why you can beat consistent is that they do inside and they have good players and they prepare as well as ours so it is a good example for us to match the levels of consistency, high—performance and the things we can do well. the premier league have announced that players will take the knee for the next two rounds of matches — as england�*s top division highlights their unity against all forms of racism. ahead of the start of this season, premier league club captains collectively selected significant moments to take the knee throughout the season — and teams again will take the knee on boxing day — after the season resumes following this winter�*s world cup. a definite decision on whether the fight between conor benn and chris eubankjr will take place, is expected to come later this afternoon. it follows benn returning what is being called an "adverse analytical finding, for trace amounts of a fertility drug". promoter

footage released on social media showed the team celebrating in the changing room at hampden park aftersaying there's no excuse, and that "we apologise from the bottom of our hearts. of their responsibilities" great britain have won three out of three so far at the wheelchair rugby world championship. as they prepare to take on france in their fourth match tonight. after victories over switzerland and germany, the paralympic champions beat new zealand earlier today in denmark, pulling away in the fourth quarter to win 55—50 that's all the sport for now. being taken by the social media platform. a bbc investigation has found that up to 70 per cent of donations sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. middlemen gave vulnerable families — including dozens of children — access to phones and accounts — so they could livestream for hours at a time, begging for digital gifts. hannah gelbart has more details: chanting: send me gifts! they're asking for help, for follows, for gifts. this is a new trend on tiktok. working with bbc arabic, we fou

meanwhile scotland play austria at hampden park.t they can learn from their opponents tonight. they have competed consistently in major tournaments for the last two uris. forthem, it is major tournaments for the last two uris. for them, it is also unique for them to qualify for the world cup. where you can be consistent in this tournament is, everything is good inside and they do good work, they have good players and they prepare as well as us. it is a good example for us too much levels of consistency, high—performance and the things that we do well. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. let's return to our top story now because the national grid has warned there's a chance that homes could face power cuts this winter. it says in a worst case scenario, households could lose power for three hours at a time if gas supplies run extremely low and the energy crisis escalates. but it's reassured customers this is still thought �*unlikely�*. let's speak to de

the scots beat austria 1—0 at hampden and it was the same scoreline for wales against bosnia—herzegovinar to the world cup. 1a,500 fans held their breath as wales did everything to score against bosnia—herzegovina. second chance! hits the post. wales couldn't have been closer. but it didn't seem to be their night. four times they had the ball in the net, every one ruled offside. how many times can this happen to wales! it took extra time for wales star strikerjess fishlock to do this. itjust had to be! brilliant finish from a brilliant, brilliant player! worth the wait. that goal means they now travel to switzerland for an historic play—off final match. we the done. we . the i done. scotland & m done. scotland we . the done. scotland were also - we . the done. scotland - were also watching minutes without a goal against 90 minutes without a goal against austria but in extra time abbie harrison headed them into the world cup day too. even victories next tuesday wouldn't guarantee a place in next year's world cup finals. it's a bit complicated, go to the bbc sport website and it explains a

scotland�*s hopes are over after losing 1—0 to the republic of ireland at hampden park, who qualify forg. there was an emotional tribute afterwards too those who lost their lives in the cress—lock explosion that killed ten people. as they head to the world cup now in 2023. we need to digester and we need to go home and we need to take some time. but the hardware that the players have done has been amazing. i feel very proud of them, players have done has been amazing. ifeel very proud of them, i can�*t ask for anything and we will stick together, come back together and hopefully we have another opportunity soon. dissappointment for wales also — who were hoping to qualify for their first major tournament — rhiannon roberts did give them the lead. in this one, they needed other results to go their way to qualify outright — but a swiss equaliser just before half time — who also had two goals disallowed — and then a goal in the last seconds of extra time ended welsh hopes. it's it�*s incredibly tough to take, you know. we know that the margins at this level are fine and that�*s been shown t

the scots host republic of ireland at hampden with the winners in the frame to go straight to next year's involved and play at a world cup. and inspire a generation of players and make the game better, so that's the challenge and that's how we see the game. so often a man to produce a big goal in his playing days, now a manager, steven gerrard has challenged his players to start delivering more for aston villa. 1—1 they drew with nottingham forest that still leaves them looking down the table rather than up. forest took the lead in this one. that didn't last though a goal from ashley young pulling them level. both managers under pressure. the draw ends a run of five defeats for cooper's side whilst villa remain 16th. a day after driver max verstappen won a second f1 title his red bull team have been found guilty of breaking the sport's budget cap. the team were found to have exceeded the £11a million limit last year. the season of course, one of the most memorable in history, when verstappen pipped lewis hamilton on the final day of the season. verstappen will keep his title. and that com

footage from the hampden park dressing room was circulated on social media after the game on tuesdaythe players. superleague has moved a step closer to scrapping relegation for its biggest clubs. the plans were put forward last month as a way of securing the game's long—term future. the recommendations have this afternoon been put to the rugby football league's members and given former wasps chief executive david armstrong says if the club is forced to enter administration it will be harder to find buyers. he has been involved in efforts to save the club. the six time league champions were suspended after saying they're likely to go into administration, which would mean both they and worcester, who have suffered a similar fate, will be relegated at the end of the season. armstrong says the rugby football union and the premiership need to do more to support struggling clubs. ido i do think they need to realise they have a role to play here and helping put clothes and restructure rather than just governing, they need to help and support that requires a little bit of a mindset change we

the scots host the republic of ireland at hampden with the winners in the frame to go straight to nextake the game better, so that�*s the challenge and that�*s how we see the game. so often a man to produce a big goal in his playing days, now a manager, steven gerrard has challenged his players to start delivering more for aston villa. 1—1 they drew with nottingham forest that still leaves them looking down the table rather than up. forest took the lead in this one. that didn�*t last, though, a goal from ashley young pulling them level. both managers under pressure. the draw ends a run of five defeats for cooper�*s side whilst villa remain 16th. we are struggling for that next win. we are struggling for that next win. we only have one win on the board, we have to get another one as quickly as we can but i think what�*s more important is to focus on how we get the win, notjust chase the win, because that�*s what we are in control of. forward step today. is that what we want to be? not in the end but it�*s a better version of us tonight than it�*s been in previous weeks and i think we ne

footage released on social media showed the team celebrating in the changing room at hampden park afters a private room it should not happen either. because of having respect for everybody, the spectre of the history. ——respect for the history. rangers have what will likely be their final chance to save their champions league campaign tonight, but ibrox might provide a crucial weapon in their attempts to do that by beating liverpool. jurgen klopp's side won when they met last week in what was their first ever competitive game, but although they're in a qualifying position in the champions league, domestically, liverpool are struggling, sitting just 10th in the premier league, and it led to a tetchy exchange during klopp's prematch news conference. i heard the phrase after the game starts that liverpool need a spark. what do you feel? today her man. filth. what do you feel? today her man. oh, areat. he what do you feel? today her man. oh, great- he is — what do you feel? today her man. oh, great- he is a — what do you feel? today her man. 0h, great. he is a fantastic source. well— great.

now all they could do was leave everything on this hampden pitch and hope that would be enough. sending. that picture says it all. while scotland will have to watch another major tournament from afar. we are back in the game. england's 15 match winning run came to an end as they drew 0—0 in a friendly with the czech republic the lionesses have already qualified for the world cup with a game to spare, so not too much riding on this one in brighton. but the match was an important landmark for defender lucy bronze, who won her 100th cap. to the champions league action last night. chelsea beat ac milan to put them on course for the champions league knockout phase. they were a goal up from the penalty spot after fikayo tomoroi was sent off. pierre emerick aubameyeng made sure of the points with his goal to continue graham potter's unbeaten start as chelsea manager, with four wins in his first five games. manchester city have qualified. what is surprising though they didn't score in their draw with copenhagen. rodri thought he had but var spotted a riyad mahrez handball in the build—u

abbie harrison scored the decisive goal from a cornerjust two minutes into extra time at hampden park is a really sad reality. but i feel like there'sjust so much solidarity between the things that we have to fight for. so obviously there will come a time when we would be competing on the pitch, but i feel like everything before that, we're all fighting together for the same things. manchester united's weaknesses were exposed again in cyprus, but they survived a scare to win 3—2 in the europa league. united were 1—0 down at half—time, but two goals from marcus rashford helped them overcome. anthony martial, scored the other goal for erik ten hag's side. we are not that good. we have seen on sunday and we have to do much better. and especially i think the main problem is... and that is what we did in games before, much better intensity. we have to bring, every game, the intensity on the pitch. arsenal will head into their weekend match against liverpool full of confidence after beating norwegian side bodo glimt 3—0, at the emirates. also in the europa league. west ham recorded a third

footage from the hampden park dressing room was circulated on social media after the game on tuesday8 hours to go until the rugby league world cup kicks off... in england. england have named their 19 man squad for the opening game of the tournament. it contains five uncapped players including winger dom young who is set to make his england debut against samoa on saturday in newcastle. he's been picked ahead of ryan hall, england's leading try—scorer of all time, and he's joined in the squad by another australia—based player who'll win his first cap on saturday. herbie farnworth is a centre who was born in burnley. but has been living and playing in brisbane since he was a teenager. i obviously know the boys just from watching them play for england in the past and watching super league playing against them but very few if any have actually properly met before so it has been a weird experience but all the boys have been super nice to me and made me feel welcome straightaway, so i'm just keen to get to know them and hopefully do something special in the next couple of weeks with them. e

let's try and find out more with jane dougall who's at hampden park in glasgow.h. that record was set just last week when scotland beat austria to get to this world cup playoff final match against the republic of ireland. just over 10,000 people watched a goal against austria to get scotland here. there is such a high over the england winning over the summer. she had to sit by and watch some of her former team—mates go on and play in a major tournament and win it. it has been frustrating for her. so she is very hopeful that this time scotland can get to a world cup. tt scotland can get to a world cup. it is a massive. it is a massive personal— is a massive. it is a massive personal goal for me massive teen .oal personal goal for me massive teen goal obviously. i think not being at the euros. — goal obviously. i think not being at the euros, that really did hit hard for a _ the euros, that really did hit hard for a lot— the euros, that really did hit hard fora lot of— the euros, that really did hit hard for a lot of the girls, especially me _ for a lot of the girl

the scots host republic of ireland at hampden with the winners in the frame to go straight to next yearo play ac milan having comfortably beat the italian champions last week. both teams are behind the leaders salzburg, so a slip up by either side could be costly with only two more matches to follow. it's it�*s an incredible place here. completely different game. ac milan will try to use the home advantage, like we did. two good teams, two quite evenly matched teams, i think. so it will be a fantastic game. really looking forward to it. meanwhile, celtic have been fined by uefa for anti—monarchy banners displayed by their fans at a champions league match last month. it came less than a week after the queen�*s death. banners were seen in the away section at their match with ukrainian side shakhtar donetsk in poland in september. the scottish champions have been fined 15,000 euros for what uefa called a "message not fit for a sporting event". that�*s all the sport for now. the number of care workers in england has fallen for the first time, leaving more people without the support they nee

footage released on social media showed the women's team celebrating in the changing room at hampdenp next year. elsewhere there was disappointment for wales — who were hoping to qualify for their first major tournament — rhiannon roberts did give them the lead. they needed other results to go their way to qualify outright — but a swiss equaliser just before half time and then a goal in the last seconds of extra time ended welsh hopes. rangers have what will likely be their final chance to save their champions league campaign tonight, but ibrox might provide a crucial weapon in their attempts to do that by beating liverpool. jurgen klopp's side won when they met last week in what was their first ever competitive game. it left rangers without a point, but klopp insists they won't be underestimated. this is a tough situation but it is a challenge, and we face all the challenges. i'm sorry to everyone who expected that we go again, we fly again, after last season, and i can promise we will fly tomorrow but we will fight, and until somebody tells us the fight is over. manchester city rea