a stunning introduction for ben woodburn. ben woodburn says it's a dream come true. less then half an hour to play it was goaless in cardiff, but within a couple of minutes of coming off the bench to make his international debut, the 17—year—old had scored the winner. patrick gearey reports. perhaps ben woodburn will wonder if he dreamt it. yesterday evening, within five minutes of becoming a welsh international, he became a welsh hero. this was a match wales really needed to win. this had been a qualification campaign of too many draws. close was no longer good enough. austria's situation was similarly stark. two sides separated by little. all very close, all very tense. for a while, the pressure drove wales forward. just the time and place for gareth bale. austria's keeper had seen him do that before. unlike bale, ben woodburn still has the power of surprise. after all, he is only 17. these were his first moments an international footballer and this was his first shot. a teenager, born in england who chose to play for wales, scoring the goal which keeps alive his n

striker ben woodburn, and the hero of their last match, once again, made a decisive impact, teeing up robson—kanu, their second—half dominance finally rewarded. in stoppage time, aaron ramsey would give wales a more deserving scoreline, for a crucial win on the road to russia. katie gornall, bbc news. mimi anderson began running in her late 30s to help her overcome anorexia, since then she's gone on to become one of the top endurance runners in the world, breaking records wherever she goes. now she's preparing for her biggest challenge so far, to become the fastest woman to run across america. sophie raworth has been to meet her. for the next seven—and—a—half weeks, mimi anderson will be running at least 55 miles every single day as she makes her way from la to new york. it's taken years of planning and a lot of training. my run will start from los angeles and it will go all the way through colorado. she'll pass through 12 states in all as she tries to break the women's coast—to—coast record, set in 1979. 2,850 miles in total. that's a long way. here are all your medals, what a haul.

the austrian keeper had seen him do that before, but ben woodburn still has the power of surprise andhis first shot. the teenager born in england who chose to play for wales scoring the goal which keeps alive his nation's chances of reaching the world cup, where on earth do you go from here? wales will hope to russia. the republic of ireland are in the same group as wales and are unbeaten after seven matches. martin 0'neil‘s side remain in second place after a 1—1 draw with georgia this evening. they are just two points behind group leaders, serbia. lewis hamilton has broken the record for the number of pole positions in formula one. the mercedes driver surpassed michael schumacher‘s landmark by taking the 69th pole of his career in difficult, wet conditions at the italian grand prix. nottinghamshire 0utlaws are cricket's twenty20 champions after beating the birmingham bears by 22 runs at edgbaston. the two sides won their semi finals earlier in the day. nottinghamshire hit 190—a off their 20 overs in the final but birmingham struggled to reach their target. nottinghamshire are now ch

unlike bale, ben woodburn still has the power of surprise, after all he's only 17 and these were hise teenager born in england who chose to play for wales scoring the goal which keeps alive his nation's chances of reaching the world cup. where on earth do you go from there? wales will hope to russia. patrick gearey, bbc news. next up for wales moldova on tuesday, that win leaves them with 11 points in group d, four points behind leaders serbia who also won today. the republic of ireland are in second, they drew with georgia. remember that only the top team qualifies for the finals automatically. eight of the nine second—placed sides go into the play—offs. lewis hamilton has set a new pole position record in reaching his 69th career pole, breaking the previous landmark set by michael schumacher. in treacherous conditions hamilton was more than a second quicker than his nearest rival. hamilton will be hoping to overtake sebastian vettel in the championship. the ferrari driver will be sixth on the grid. so can hamilton hope to break more records like this in his career? 0ur f1 reporter

let's talk about ben woodburn. at the weekend and already he's turning into a real star in the side, isn't he? e—ben woodburn could well become the next big star. he is thought of highly by his club manager, jurgen klopp. his international manager decided to bring him in for wales at the age of 17. he had a real effect. he scored a winner on his debut and in last night's qualifier, well he made another impact off the bench. the liverpool man, showed no fear so far ina the liverpool man, showed no fear so far in a welsh shirt. he has defied his age. good wide play from him to set up the opening goal. it was a man of the match performance from woodburn. so we could be looking at another ryan giggs or gareth bale, aaron ramsey getting another goal to put a seal on the result, but it was a very important win for wales because that result coupled with defeat for the republic of ireland in theirgame defeat for the republic of ireland in their game with serbia means that wales have moved into second spot in group d. that

teenager ben woodburn got the brilliant winner against austria in cardiff at the weekend to put themers serbia. but they closed the gap on the republic of ireland who slipped up the republic of ireland who slipped up in georgia in the second play—off spot. tom stafford reports from the moldovan capital. soon, more than 1300 fans will descend on the capital here with renewed hope... with players training at home this morning they are boosted by the return of their midfielderjoe allen and left back neil taylor. they are determined to build momentum heading into the final three qualifiers. while wales remain four points behind group leaders, they are crucially closing the gap on second place. if the republic of ireland fail to beat serbia tomorrow, wales could overta ke serbia tomorrow, wales could overtake them with a win in moldova, the group's weaker side. but wales's last game here should serve as a warning. in 1994 they were expected to win against the relatively new footballing nation that emerged. it was one of their most infamous away trips. preparation in this corner of europe

butjust a couple of minutes after coming off the bench to make his international debut, the teenager ben woodburnyoungest goalscorer last season, scored the winner and that keeps their world cup hopes alive. it's a dream come true and i'm just happy we got the three points and 110w happy we got the three points and now onto moldova. what did chris say to you when you came out? he said enjoyed yourself, help the team as best you can and hopefully i did that. wales' match against the bottom team moldova is on tuesday night. republic of ireland are two points ahead of wales in second, that's after their 1—1 draw against georgia. they started really well , taking the lead afterjust four minutes in tblisi, thanks to shane duffy's header butjust before half time georgia equalised to secure a point. ireland face the group leaders serbia next tuesday, so that will give wales a chance to make up some ground. all teams have three matches left to play, group winners qualify for russia, second place should ensure a play—off spot. there was some brilliant cricket on finals day at a sold out edgbaston yesterda

ben woodburn has just scored from a strike from the edge of the area. isco has scored two.e of bad weather. riyad mahrez was missing from played today. he was released by algeria early in the week to try to serve out his possible transfer, but he wasn't even on the bench as zambia move into second place. at the us open in new york rafael nadal and roger federer are due to play their third round matches later. top seed rafael nadal will play maya. action is well underway. the world number eight will next face either roberta and mr battut or juan martin del potro. the 23 time grand slam champion, serena williams, has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in florida. sports stars and celebrities have sent their congratulations. no name yet. she says she plans to return to tennis for the australian open. what are the odds on her winning that? back to you. thanks very much. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @alpapatel. that is it from me and the team. goodbye for now. a lovely start to the weekend with the exception of some sharp sh

their response was to send for their 17—year—old striker ben woodburn, and the hero of their last match rewarded. in stoppage time, aaron ramsey would give wales a more deserving scoreline, for a crucial win on the road to russia. katie gornall, bbc news. mimi anderson began running in her late 30s to help her overcome anorexia, since then she's gone on to become one of the top endurance runners in the world, breaking records wherever she goes. now she's preparing for her biggest challenge so far, to become the fastest woman to run across america. sophie raworth has been to meet her. for the next seven—and—a—half weeks, mimi anderson will be running at least 55 miles every single day as she makes her way from la to new york. it's taken years of planning and a lot of training. my run will start from los angeles and it will go all the way through colorado.

butjust a couple of minutes after coming off the bench to make his international debut, the teenager ben woodburner last season, scored the winner and that keeps their world cup hopes alive. it's a dream come true, and i'm just happy we've got the points and now onto moldova. what did kris commons say to you? he said enjoy yourself, and do as well as you can. wales' match against the bottom team moldova is on tuesday night. republic of ireland are two points ahead of wales in second, that's after their 1—1 draw against georgia. they started really well, taking the lead afterjust four minutes in tblisi, thanks to shane duffy's header. butjust before half time, georgia equalised to secure a point. ireland face the group leaders serbia next tuesday, so that will give wales a chance to make up some ground. all teams have three matches left to play. group winners qualify for russia, second place should ensure a play—off spot. nottingham 0utlaws are the t20 blast champions for the first time. they beat the birmingham bears by 22 runs. more than a thousand runs were scored across the two semi—finals and

wales manager chris coleman says ben woodburn has all the attributes to go on and be a great player.the bench last night in the world cup qualifier. he scored the winner against austria with less than half an hour to go. it was goalless but after a few minutes of coming on, the teenager — who became liverpool's youngest goal—scorer last season — had scored the only goal of the game, keeping their world cup hopes alive. the wales coaching team knew he wouldn't be fazed by playing for his country. we've had him with us for years and he has been a pleasure. no doubt he will go from strength to strength. a fantastic night for him and his family and we are very proud. he has contributed in a magnificent way. wales play moldova next tuesday night. chris froome is still wearing the leaders red jersey at the vuelta espana, he has a 55—second lead. the 14th stage was won by poland's rafal maj ka. froome finished in fourth a few seconds behind vincenzo nibali — who is second in the overall standings. there's another mountain stage today. remember, froome is going for a rare grand tour double,

wales manager chris coleman says ben woodburn has all the attributes to go on and be a great player.the bench last night in the world cup qualifier. he scored the winner against austria with less than half an hour to go. it was goalless but after a few minutes of coming on, the teenager who became liverpool's youngest goal—scorer last season and scored the only goal of the game. keeping their world cup hopes alive. we had him with us for years and he has been a pleasure. no doubt he will go from strength to strength. a fantastic night for him and his family and we are very proud. he has contributed in a magnificent way. wales' match against the bottom team moldova is on tuesday night. republic of ireland are two points ahead of wales in second, that's after their 1—1 draw against georgia. they started really well, taking the lead afterjust four minutes in tblisi, thanks to shane duffy's header. butjust before half time, georgia equalised to secure a point. ireland face the group leaders serbia next tuesday, a victory would see them top of the group. group winners qualify for russia,

it was another great night for 17—year—old, ben woodburn, who set up al robson—kanu ten minutes from after they beat the republic of ireland in dublin. former manchester city player aleksander kolarov scored the only goal of the game. england women's manager mark sampson says he has a clear conscience after being accused of bullying and discrimination by striker eni aluko. sampson led england to the semi—finals of the last world cup and european championship and he was cleared of any wrongdoing by two investigations. he insists he is happy to meet with aluko to discuss any differences since he dropped herfrom the squad. i've heard the specifics of the allegation and at the time we released a statement and we were very clear that i didn't say that. i'm very disappointed the allegation's come out but i understand it and all i can say is i didn't say that to eni. with any of my communication my intention is to support the players, give them confidence and give them chance to be successful on the field. at the age of 37, venus williams is two wins away from another grand slam title.she be

the wales boss chris coleman says they have to nurture the "fantastic talent" of ben woodburn if he's. the 17—year—old followed up his winning goal against austria with a big impact last night. he came off the bench again to set up hal robson kanu for the first goal in a 2—0 win over moldova. aaron ramsey scored the second in injury time, sealed the win that leaves them second in their group. we had to make sure we got these weapons. we normally talk about performance. it is all about results now. “— performance. it is all about results now. —— make sure we get the win. we have the winning mentality back and wilfully that will stay for the next game. wales leapfrogged the republic of ireland after they were beaten by group leaders serbia in dublin. former manchester city player aleksander kolarov scored the only goal of the game. leicester city missed out on signing midfielder adrien silva by 14 seconds. leicester believed they'd completed a £22—million deal for him from sporting lisbon but fifa rejected their application to register the player because it came just after the deadline

wales manager chris coleman says ben woodburn has all the attributes he needs to be a great player, theour to go it was still goalless against austria but as soon as coming onto the pitch, the teenager, also became liverpool's youngest goal—scorer last season, scored the only goal of the game and thatis scored the only goal of the game and that is capped wales's world cup hopes alive. we have had him with us for yea rs hopes alive. we have had him with us for years and it has been a pleasure. no doubt he will go from strength to strength, great, fantastic night for him and his families we are extremely proud about, he has contributed in a magnificent way. it is a dream come true and i'm just happy we got the three points and now want to moldova. what did he say to you as you came on? keys and enjoy yourself and help the team as best you can. in the burly horse trials 0liver tan and of great britain has won just two weeks from any european gold with the british team in poland. he led after the cross—country face and had only one fence down in the showjumping to win the title for a second

the world —— the welsh boss chris coleman has said they have to not truly fantastic talent of ben woodburn against austria with a big impact last night, coming off of the bench to set up the first goal in their 2—0 victory over moldova in world cup qualifying. aaron ramsey got the second that sealed the win in injury time. we are now second in theirgroup. in injury time. we are now second in their group. we have to make sure that we get these wins, we talk about the performance but it is coming down to the crunch time and it is all about results. two wins out of two, we have not done that for some time and it is great now that we have got back that winning mentality and hopefully it will be a snowball effect for the next two games. wales leapfrog the republic of ireland after they were defeated 1-0 of ireland after they were defeated 1—0 in dublin by serbia. former manchester city player aleksandar kolarov with the only goal of the game. that is all the sport for the moment. we will have more later in the day. thank you. myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi says fake news is fuelling the cris