austin halewood reports.t of rivals, the oldest of adversaries, united in their appreciation for one man —jimmy greaves, a legend at both tottenham and chelsea — a timely meeting between the two clubs where he enjoyed the most distinguished days of his career. in a first—half with few clear—cut chances, chelsea had about the best of them. it fell to mason mount, like greaves, a product of the blues academy, but his usual composure on the ball this time deserted him. after the break, though, chelsea were a different team — more purpose, more precision and more effective, thiago silva with the simplest of headers to put the blues ahead. and shortlu after, they doubled their lead, n'golo kante with a deflected shot, and for chelsea, seemingly everything going their way. and they could have scored more, too, if it was not for the quick reactions of hugo lloris. silva again the man causing problems in the airfor tottenham. but despite lloris�* best efforts, he could not keep this out from antonio rudiger. the tott

i'm austin halewood with your latest sports news. it's been a busy night of international football acrossrk in their qualifier incopenhagen. the danes scored two goals in two minutes in the first half through daniel wass and then this from joakim maehle to hand them a 2—nil victory. they lead group f, with scotland down in fourth, with just one win from their opening four matches. meanwhile, cristiano ronaldo broke irish hearts and the men's record for international goals, in portugals dramatic 2—1 win over the republic of ireland. ronaldo missed a penalty early on before ireland took a shock lead in the first half throuthohn egan but with time running out portugal's talisman levelled the match with this header. that was his 110th international goal to set a new international record. and he wasn't finished there, as deep into injury time he got his second of the night to hand portugal all three points. wales were held to a goalless draw with finland in theirfriendly — ahead of two world cup qualifiers next week. fulham winger harry wilson missed a first half penalty for wales in helsinki

well, for more on this evening's matches, austin halewood is with us. start with last season's champions, chelsea. what are the expectations for them? considering they have strengthened over the summer, the expectations for them and theirfans over the summer, the expectations for them and their fans are certainly going to be high. 0nly certainly going to be high. only three and a half months since they beat man city in portugal to lift the champions league trophy and now they go into the group stage as a defending champions for the first time since 2012, but nine years ago, things did not quite go to plan. they were knocked out in the group stage after defeat to juventus and shakhtar donetsk. fast forward to this season and this chelsea side are on a roll. unbeaten in their five matches so far. joint top of the premier league with ten points. a difficult prospect for zenit st petersburg tonight, we make the journey to take on a side who their coach says are addicted to the winning feeling. the most important is not to look back, most important is not to

good evening, i'm austin halewood with your latest sports news. racially abused in budapest and i.ound guilty of discriminatory behaviour during euro 2020. but because his was a iitthh match fans were allowed in. the euros may have been a wild dryer for england but kept qualifying so far had been plain sailing. hungry though represented a tough proposition both on and off the pitch. with no england fans allowed to travel the 60,000 strong crowd was hostile. and after homophobic sunak homophobia and racism from hungarians during the euros please not to boo england fell on deaf ears. england players aren't strangers to hostility from even their own fans. but after an uneventful first half their first goal saw the atmosphere switch. sterling was pelted with plastic cups for his troubles. kane then doubled england's lead and it was clear some parts of the crowd weren't bothered by the threat of more ua for sanctions. by now the missile throwing was becoming all too frequent. but the intimidation wasn't working. the crowd had turned from hostile to disgraceful. england's fourth goal was

austin halewood can take us through it all austin, man city edged their semifinal against psg last seasono chelsea in the final. how's it looking this time? there were so close last time because we know that winning the champions league has long been pep guardiola's ambition since arriving in manchester. they nearly did it, didn't they, last season butjust lost out to chelsea in the final. well, as you say gav, city have strengthened. they paid a whopping £100 million forjack grealish — they're hoping he might be the key to take them one step further this season. however, psg could be their toughest opponents along the way. they, of course, made the standout signing of the summer, by bringing lionel messi to paris. but it's not really gone to plan so far. he's struggled with some fitness issues. he's only played 90 minutes once, and he's still yet to score. but, if there's anyone who knows just what the little magician is capable of, then it's pep guardiola. together they had one of the most successful player—manager combinations of the modern era at barcelona. they won 14 trophies togeth

good evening, i'm austin halewood with your latest sports news. england's footballers were.ey have been qualified but so far been plain sailing. hungary represented a tough proposition both on and off the pitch. with no england fans allowed to travel the 60,000 strong crowd was hostile. and after homophobic sunak homophobia and racism from hungarians during the euros please not to boo england fell on deaf ears. england players aren't strangers to hostility from even their own fans. but after an uneventful first half their first goal saw the atmosphere switch. sterling was pelted with plastic cups for his troubles. kane then doubled england's lead and it was clear some parts of the crowd weren't bothered by the threat of more ua for sanctions. by now the missile throwing was becoming all too frequent. but the intimidation wasn't working. the crowd had turned from hostile to disgraceful. england's fourth goal was the least they deserved as he took a giant stride towards qatar. but this will be a game remembered yet again for all the wrong reasons. northern ireland were also in

i'm austin halewood with your latest sports news.d down in fourth, with just one win from their opening four matches. meanwhile, cristiano ronaldo broke irish hearts and the men's record for international goals, in portugals dramatic 2—1 win over the republic of ireland. ronaldo missed a penalty early on before ireland took a shock lead in the first half throuthohn egan but with time running out portugal's talisman levelled the match with this header. that was his 110th international goal to set a new international record. and he wasn't finished there, as deep into injury time he got his second of the night to hand portugal all three points. wales were held to a goalless draw with finland in theirfriendly — ahead of two world cup qualifiers next week. fulham winger harry wilson missed a first half penalty for wales in helsinki after brennanjohnson was fouled. matt smith had the best chance of the second half — only for his shot to flashjust wide. gareth southgate says he's warned his england team not to be complacent ahead of their t

austin halewood's with me, and it was quite a night, wasn't it? it certainly was, sarah.result that really did send shockwaves around european football. for sheriff tiraspol, just reaching the group stage was a huge achievment. they beat shakthar donetsk in their first match, but last night blew all of that out of the water. as sarah said, victory over the is—time champions real madrid is one of european football's greatest upsets. and tiraspol won it in style, too. we have to show you that winning goal again because it was just so good. a rocket of a half—volley from sebastien thill to seal a huge win for the moldovans. so, who are they? well, the city of tiraspol is just south of moldova's capital chisinau. but it's in the state of transnistria. they broke away from the rest of moldova in 1990, a year before the soviet union crumbled, so the state has its own governance and currency, but it's not recognised internationally. now, the reason why the team have done so well is because they've been backed by the company sheriff, who have a real monopoly of businesses in tira

sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's austin halewood. good evening.l because scotland are continuing their bid to reach finals for the first time since 1998. they're in copenhagen tonight to face euro 2020 semi—finalists denmark. but the danes have got off to a great start. they're already 2—0 up after two goals in less than two minutes in copenhagen. so lots of work for the scots to do there. scotland were four points behind group leaders meanwhile, cristiano ronaldo has missed a penalty for portugal against ireland. if he does manage to score tonight he'll break ali daei's all—time international goal—scoring record of 109 goals. earlier, wales were held to a goalless draw with finland in their friendly, ahead of two world cup qualifiers next week. fulham winger harry wilson missed a first half penalty for wales in helsinki after brennanjohnson was fouled. matt smith had the best chance of the second half, only for his shot to flash just wide. dan evans is looking to reach the third round of the us open for the fourth time in his career — the british

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here�*s austin halewood. good evening.euro 2020 final defeat to italy. they�*re taking on hungary in budapest in their first of three world cup qualifiers over the next week. and they�*ve... england have won all three qualifiers so far and are top of group i. northern ireland are also in action. they�*re away in lithuania for their crucial qualifier in group c. they�*ve just got one point tfrom their two games so far, and they... the fourth test between england and india is nicely poised after a dramatic first day at the oval. just like in the last test at headingley, india were bowled out cheaply in their first innings, but the late wicket of england captainjoe root has kept the visitors�* hopes alive. england have got the crucial wicked moments after he passed 50. they eventually bowled them out for 191 but lost early wickets of their own at the start of their reply. he fell in the last ten minutes of the play to leave the match.— in the last ten minutes of the play to leave the match. sometimes when a team tets to leave