and that is a record in world cup finals i gave you two questions in one with my excitement for andy croatia are of course trailing how can they get back into the match. your croatia i think have the better individual players particularly in midfield if you look at it even racquets. that's the real madrid player in that haven't come up against a midfield partnership like that in the world cup so far. but they are struggling at the moment croatia just to get a foothold in the game they've come through two really big grueling psychologically physically grueling games like in the last game in sochi they took on the hosts the ones the extra time and then and all season the atmosphere inside that stadium was exhausting just just observing it they were just taking on the russians seem to be taking on the entire nation there and some of their players all the wrong side of thirty any sorts was the end of of extra time in that game just how physically exhausted they were and was a big question as to whether or not they could lift themselves for one more effort and this is what the big challenge they

the world cup wants and one team that has never won the world cup, andi that has never won the world cup, and i don't think that croatiaean football as a country. but they are in the final. so in the end it comes down to the quality of the players, which makes a difference, but i think that the results of this world cup for the other continents outside europe, it should be a ca ta lyst outside europe, it should be a catalyst and motivator for them to work even harder to train. i'm sure that in future we will have some other surprises as well for the world cup. when it comes to football, we had great, great, great success with var. it was very positive. we had only one game which ended 0—0. and we had some great games and all the games have a lot of pathos and emotions. the level of excellence in the infrastructure in the stadiums, airports, hotels, transportation, in all the details and the security, the level of expertise, the level of operational excellence that i've seen here, i canjudge that, excellence that i've seen here, i can judge that, that is excellence that i've seen here, i canjudge that, that is myjob, ha

richardson and so andy we know that this was an impressive strong team for france but how much of a fight did they face from croatia. caray sure it seemed that the never know when they were beaten at this tournament three times in their previous games that gone behind and come through the games same thing happened again this time sure enough even paris it was able to get them on level terms and then we had that intervention of the video assistant referee a system designed to intervene when there is a clear and obvious error and there will be debate for years to come as to whether or not this was a clear and obvious error when paris situ was just to handle the french corner the referee went to the pitch side moneths it decided it was a deliberate how and swung griezmann stepped up in school the penalty that puts his country to an up and really seemed to break the will of the crowd should seem if you look at the incident from a creation perspective it was accidental look at it from a french perspective of course it was a deliberate humble book with the all the wrist still a human elements involved it still has to be

croatia can be beaten. is that which you have heard among the fans in manchester? yes, this was always going to be a difficult game andiand large are pretty positive attitude amongst england fans here in manchester, but we know how good croatia are and how good their players are. the likes of real madrid. they have some fine players andi madrid. they have some fine players and i do think that england will look at that second half if they do end up going out. they lost momentum and regained a little bit perhaps in the first breida time. the header cleared off the line but certainly an uphill struggle now. thank you very much indeed. richard struggling to make himself heard. not many minutes left, let's bring in no phillips. obviously a name connection to mr gareth southgate. i'm guessing the mood has just shifted a little. gareth southgate. i'm guessing the mood hasjust shifted a little. give a very emotional here at the moment. he will holding hands, and there could be a change except they can make a comeback and football home. you have been watching the game? how are you feeling? a bit disappointed, but there you go.

croatia denmark in the quarterfinals next. there have been goals. i'm tim hague at the bbc sport centre — with the rest of the day's sport, including... the fact that andy not be playing at wimbledon. he's withdrawn and says it's "too soon" for him to be playing five sets matches after his comeback from hip surgery. and hamilton has a day to forget in austria. the mercedes driver retire from the race and loses his lead in the drivers' championship. hello. there are a few kremlins in the system here. wejust hello. there are a few kremlins in the system here. we just had a power cut at our live position in moscow. russia are hosting an enormous party, getting further at their own world cup than they could ever have imagined. they have knocked spain out on penalties at the national stadium. a couple of weeks ago when they managed to get out of their group, there was near hysteria on the streets of moscow. they will be ramping it up to a different level altogether. with the story of the match, here is our sports correspondent natalie pirks. they came with hope and the knowing belief that anything is possible but this is david and goliath territory. with spa

they have come back from the ice two games for andy in moscow thank you all decide had a nickel it says in the croatian capsule zagreb descent of croatia make it to the final this will be historic for them how are their fans feeling about the game. there a feeling of similarly ecstatic throughout the day and throughout the days since they won. quarterfinal match everybody is expecting with great joy this semifinal you can see people in shops working in shops are wearing jerseys over croatia at the shops are closing early today because all of them all the workers all the people whose are going to all the people across croatia they want to get called they want to be ready they want to be ready for the first whistle they want to see the game from the beginning to the very end and it's very very ecstatic it's very you can see even danzig here donations are climbing positive tensions are high today in the desire of everybody expects or gracious to win nobody talks about the defeat so you can't find anybody who would say ok crozier will draw lose this game do they believe that this team could manage to make even bigger success than do you me

croatia having spurned the earlier chance, this time to your opportunity. so it is russia, not spain, that in the last eight. —— that the weight. —— that await. the two—time wimbledon champion andyt as he continues to build to full fitness following nearly a year out with a hip injury. in a post on social media, murray said he made the decision with a heavy heart. 0ur correspodentjoe wilson reports. andy murray is a win. why start a grandslam tournament unless you can stomach believe you can finish it with the trophy. we imagined him doing this again last month, he clearly feels his body and not management —— manage it. in a statement, he said : this is a surprise considering we have seen murray back in action in the past fortnight in queens, he seemed ahead of schedule, but he thinks long—term. the year began with a major operation and so the us 0pen with a major operation and so the us open in late summer is a more realistic opportunity. that is little consolation to wimbledon right now, where his absence will be felt deeply. kyle and then made good progress, but only when andy murray is not there that we truly realise how much british tennis has depended on him. a big loss fo

one up as they take on croatia for a place in sunday's final gets fronts we have correspondents standing by in moscow and with excited fans in both countries at the start with andy richardson in moscow so kind of hope for but it's gone. yes going after just five minutes kiran trippier with with a free kick one of the young players the. england manager has invested in school in moscow today that there were a lot more england fans coming into this game a few more chrysler fans as well that we've seen throughout this tournament generally not been a huge numbers of european fans at this world cup we were at england's first game in volgograd when they took on soon is here there's probably only two thousand maximum founds at that game but at least three or four times that number in moscow at this game they certainly seem to believe that something is happening around the football there is a positive mood around the team at the moment but the players saying in the build up to this game but they have been quite lucky the why the why the draw has played out they've really got to this stage without playing an absolute superpower of of world football they did play belgium i

croatia in the quarterfinals. and defending champion roger federer is first on centre court at wimbledon today, looking for a ninth title, but there will be no andyl be back with more and those stories at 1130. the grenfell tower inquiry has resumed this morning and has been hearing from a firefigther who was part of the first crew at the scene of the fire lastjune, in which 72 people were killed. our correspondent tom burridge is at the inquiry. tell us what you have been hearing this morning. thomas abell has been giving evidence this morning and he was one of the first on the scene on the night. he was talking about is training and he was questioned like other firefighters presenting evidence to the enquiry, question about his training in relating to fighting fires in high—rise buildings, questioned like the other firefighters about whether harry had any training about what to do what action to take if the fire was spreading of the exterior of the building, and if the fire was breaching what is called comp on termination —— compartment nation, where the fire started. 0r termination —— compartment nation, where the fire started. or what to do i

forward to the game andi really looking forward to the game and i think we are in with a very good chance. so alan shearer thinks a very good chance but what of england's opponents, croatias between them, four of which belonged to lu ka between them, four of which belonged to luka modric. he plays alongside in midfield and other superstar, ivan rakitic. there was to play for barcelona and real madrid, so some serious pedigree. and this man, marumatsu pitch, as played with luka modric for over a decade or so they know each other inside out. they maybe a little tired after two games going to extra time and two penalty shoot outs, but they will be ready for england. it is men's quarterfinal day at wimbledon. the big three are all in action. what is the latest? many thanks. four players will be booking their place in the men's singles semifinals later and that could include the big three of roger federer, rafa nadal and novak djokovic, who will begin on court number one, where roger federer is in action. unfamiliar surroundings having played his last 20 matches at wimbledon on centre court. court number one for him today, where he is currently two sets ahead against kevin an