david ornstein, bbc news, leeds.roup opponents belgium have won their final pre—tournament friendly. another team heading to russia, egypt, were the opponents in brussels. manchester united striker romulu lukaku pounced on a rebound to make in 1—0 to belgium. chelsea's eden hazard added a second before half—time, and the win sealed late on another united player, maurane fellaini. a 3—0 win for roberto martinez‘s side. panana, who are in group g with belgium and england, lost 1—0 in norway. izzy christiansen and jordan nobbs have withdrawn from england's squad for friday's world cup qualifier in russia. manchester city forward christiansen has a thigh injury, while arsenal midfielder nobbs has a foot problem. lucy staniforth and lauren bruton have been called up as replacements. meanwhile, england striker eni aluko hasjoined juventus in italy. she had announced a couple of weeks ago that she'd be moving abroad after her contract with english champions chelsea expired. she joins former liverpool midfielder katie zellem

well, for more reaction on this, let's head to wembley, where our sports correspondent david ornsteinwill take from this match in they will take from this match in the performance —— gareth southgate? i think you'll be encouraged but it's hard to say much more than that. before euro 2016, england beat portugal. england flock to determine a portugal went on to win it. the first half was positive for gareth southgate. they gave the fans alike to be helpful for southgate. they gave the fans alike to be helpfulfor going to russia. 0n the other hand, the second half, they were largely outplayed before substitutions disrupted the match. in defence, there'll be questions aboutjohn stones, a rare appearance for the manchester city centre half and manage field will be first choice at the root of world cup. they have not seen jordan choice at the root of world cup. they have not seenjordan henderson because he has not returned to the squad after the champions league final. will the future against costa rica? in the striking department, good to see harry kane on the scoresheet but willjamie vard

from wembley, here's our sports correspondent david ornstein.ussia almost complete a chance for nations to fine tune their preparations. this england squad is low on age and experience, and exception being gary cahill, and the defender used his 32—year—old head to full effect, the home side into an early lead. shortly before half—time it was two, harry kane with the help of some questioning goalkeeping leading from the front, the captain, you sense, will prove key to england's ambitions. nigeria had been obliging opponents, though after the break they broke, alex iwobi on hand to give them hope and show why the super eagles believe they can soar this summer. england had lost the momentum and raheem sterling his footing after a week in which he made headlines for the wrong reasons. another moment for the forward to forget. ultimately, however, for gareth southgate and his tournament—bound team it wasjob well done. the first half was one of the best performances i've been involved with in england, spirits are high, training has been fantastic. eve

let‘sjoin our reporter in repino david ornstein. they must be itching to get going.. better news on the injury front? absolutely. in the far distance, you can probablyjust about make out st petersburg, where that iran — morocco match was. we are focused on england. that 23 man squad is now fully fit and available, and that will be welcome news to gareth southgate, because marcus rashford, the only injury concern is fit. he mist the first two days of training with a knee problem he picked up prior to the squad flying out from their base at st george‘s park. but he did strain today and he seems to be showing no signs of discomfort. that is positive news, although he might not have started anyway. he might be on the bench. in other news, the newspapers have been reporting that england lined up yesterday in their chosen first choice team. they said that that includes ashley young in the left back position ahead of danny rose and jordan henderson in holding midfield. it is our understanding that at least gareth southgate has not told his bearers of the starting line—up fo

david ornstein is in repino now. not long to go. dare i ask how you rate chances?ience. in france two yea rs tournament experience. in france two years ago in the euro is losing to minnows iceland, two years previously at the world cup in brazil, exiting at the group stage with one point, england‘s worst ever performance at a world cup. optimism is higher around this young squad, who will touch down in st petersburg arejust over who will touch down in st petersburg are just over two hours and make their way 45 minutes to the club which you see behind us, their base for the next at least 16 days, which is until the end of the group stage. england‘s playing three matches, starting on monday against tunisia. this is a very quiet area on the gulf of finland, very relaxed and peaceful. you could say there is a risk of boredom, which we have heard about past tournaments, but there will be plenty of england to do inside the hotel behind me. games rooms, fitness areas, they are bringing their own shots. a swimming pool has been upgraded. they played behind closed doors fri

thank you, david ornstein there. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.the next few days. plenty more scenes like these, which is how it looked

david ornstein, bbc news, hertfordshire. that's all from us.headlines tonight. it's england's turn to make a flying start to a test match as they bowl pakistan out cheaply on the first day at headingley. gareth southgate defends raheen sterling over the controversy caused by his gun tattoo. and o'brien senior and o'brien junior combine to claim another classic victory. with forever together winning the oaks. hello again. there's been a reversal of roles on day one of the second test between england and pakistan at headingley. a week ago it was the home side bowled out cheaply, but this time pakistan have struggled after deciding to bat first. the tourists were all out for 17h, and england were 106 for in reply at the close. just 68 runs behind. patrick gearey reports. from one side of the world to the other, given searching. perform, portrait, cure to the early collapsing. perhaps it helps they lost the ball, so now they can put pakistan under pressure, stewart had his place on the team question this week. he knows as they conduct to my opinion

david ornstein can explain. what on earth is going on?” what on earth is going on?that the top story is an injury to england's manager. more on that ina to england's manager. more on that in a moment. welcome to the cromwell park hotel, where england conduct their media duties. we should be hearing from a player in the next half an hour. the hotel and training ground is a short distance from here, and they were back on the pitch today. some of the players headed into st petersburg yesterday to sample the sounds of what is a wonderful city, a few went to the hermitage museum, the world—famous art gallery and took in some local culture, while gareth southgate, the coach, he went out for a leisurely run. it should have been legendary. it didn't go to plan. he tripped to the ground, dislocated his right shoulder and fortunately the england tea m shoulder and fortunately the england team doctor was in close attendance, took him back to the hotel, an ambulance arrived and the ambulance took him to a local hospital in st petersburg and put the shoulder back and he came bac

the media after touching down, we'll hearfrom both in a moment but first this from our reporter david ornsteinat the team hotel in reppino north west of st petersburg. welcome to the forest makes hotel. this will be england's base for as long as they are in the world cup. at least 16 days that covers the three group games and they will hope for a lot longer as well. they arrived here earlier on this evening after landing at saint petersburg airport in the afternoon. st petersburg is university to where we are now, around 45 minutes away. as for what happens next, england are training tomorrow morning. that will be in open session. on thursday, the preparations for the first match rampaul and they hold a training session that day and on friday and a final behind the closed doors training session on saturday. a little exercise on sunday before flying for the first match against tunisia. i'm in the net. not long to go now for england. expectations may be low relatively speaking. but confidence is high. that this young and inexperienced squad can try something of a surprise. yes and they have a we

but for now, they're stilljust outside saint petersburg, where david ornstein is. ting that big win for him. but will he be celebrating now? will he be one of those players who has found out, got the knock rooftop on the shoulderfrom has found out, got the knock rooftop on the shoulder from gareth southgate that they are in against to his yeah? welcome back to the gulf of finland, a picture of calm, no thunder claps here. but in the distance behind me in the dense forest, england are getting ready forest, england are getting ready for their final sleep before departing for a photograph. and today, they trained behind close doors, that is the first time they been able to enjoy that luxury survey landed in russia. that have allowed disallowed gareth southgate to work on hisjoe's information for the first game. we don't know exactly who will be filling what position, but we know that the entire squad have now been informed of their roles, so they know where they stand, whether starting on the bench were not involved at all. if reports are to be believed, jordan pickfor

england's world cup headquarters for the duration of the tournament and our sports correspondent david ornsteining. us settling in but you have been joined by some important guests tonight. i'm sure that this village has seen nothing like this for. tonight. i'm sure that this village has seen nothing like this fonm isa has seen nothing like this fonm is a lovely evening here in repino and england as you say settling into the hotel behind me but earlier today they left from their base at st george's park where they had their official team photo in the morning and then they went to birmingham airport and took a charter flight to russia. birmingham airport and took a charterflight to russia. they left around midday getting your around half past three your time, half past five local time here in russia and you can see them coming after playing now in their tracksuits. all infairly high playing now in their tracksuits. all in fairly high spirits by the looks of it. they seem to be fairly relaxed. they behind — they played behind the doors closed friendly yesterday just to tune behind the doors close

david ornstein is with the team.sified. this week, raheem sterling moved to defend himself after revealing a tattoo of an assault rifle on his right leg. amid criticism from anti—gun campaigners, sterling said the artwork had a deeper meaning, that his father was shot dead when the player was just two years old and he made a promise never to touch a gun in his life. he understands how some people have perceived the tattoo, but in my view a tattoo is like any work of art, it's a very individual medium. he's not somebody that supports or wants to promote guns. this is a youthful england squad. the household names of the past are gone, so too perhaps the shackles of previous tournament failures. the nation will be behind us no matter what. the group of lads we've got now, you know, it's a high—profile group. many talents in the group. i think we've got a good chance of going far this year. the focus is clear — to succeed where so many have fallen short. expectations may be low, but spirits are high as england attempt to

david ornstein bbc news, wembley.former spurs forward giovanni dos santos with the only goal of the game after 13 minutes in mexico city. england go into day three of the second test with pakistan with a lead of 128 after a mixed day at headingly. after a rain delay, they lost captain joe root just short of his half—century. a lot of players got decent starts. nightwatchman dom bess took full advantage of an extended spell in the middle, making his way to 49 before getting out. england losing five wickets in the day. dawid malan anotherfailing to build a big score as he went for 28. jos buttler and debutant sam curran are at the crease...curran with a late flourish. so with three wickets left, england will be hoping to build on that lead later today... british number one kyle edmund is out of the french open, losing in five sets to the italian 18th seed, fabio fognini. edmund was 2—1 up in sets, but the 23—year—old yorkshireman was broken in the 5th and final set to hand fognini the place in the last 16 at roland garr

columbia will be the last team into the quarterfinals. let's speak to our sports correspondent david ornsteinh they have landed in the soft side of the draw, is there any sense that the atmosphere has changed at all? noi no i actually think they are as strong as ever. they had a rest day yesterday and some of the images coming out of the camp on the fa social media site suggested a happy camper indeed. today they were back in full training for the first time since the belgian defeat on thursday. just from the 15 minutes of open training where the media are allowed in to witness what is going on, i sensed a real step up in intensity from previous training sessions. also a lot more focus and even when we were moved out of the training ground then, you could hear the players training anyway that i do think they have been training before. they realise now how serious this is. there is no margin for error. if england lose, they are going home on tuesday evening. and i think the penny has dropped on them. they want to prove that the defeat by belgian has not knocked the wind out of their sales. so

david ornstein is with the team.le on his right leg. amid criticism from anti—gun campaigners, sterling said the artwork had a deeper meaning, that his father was shot dead when the player was just two years old and he made a promise never to touch a gun in his life. he understands how some people have perceived the tattoo, but in my view a tattoo is like any work of art, it‘s a very individual medium. he‘s not somebody that supports or wants to promote guns. this is a youthful england squad. be household names of the past are gone, household names of the past are o household names of the past are gone, so to perhaps the shackles of previous tournament failures. the nation will be behind us no matter what. the group of lads we‘ve got now, you know, it‘s a high—profile group. many talents in the group. i think we‘ve got a good chance of going far this year. the focus is clear, to succeed where so many have fallen short. expectations may be low, but spirits are high as england attempt to closing on football‘s greatest

david ornstein in repina. thank you forjoining us. list list nitschke stadium. a fantastic day for russia as they revelled in a 5-0 day for russia as they revelled in a 5—0 victory in moscow. the pfa and football writers player of the year mohamed salah is only among the substitutes for egypt's opener against uruguay, kicking off at 1pm. salah was recovering from a damaged shoulder in liverpool's champions league final defeat at the end of may. if he gets on the pitch it would be a fantastic way for him to mark his 26th birthday. spain captain sergio ramos is the man involved in hurting mohamed salah's shoulder in the champions league final and he has spoken about his new boss, fernando hierro, the former captain of ramos's club real madrid and he was only appointed spain boss on wednesday following the sacking of lopetegui. the absence of lopetegui is large, but the error can take on the mantle. we know him very well and he is one of the best to take over the role. hopefully we will be a team with the same intentions and dreams and w

our sports correspondent david ornstein reports. happy and victorious.r england is to replicate their form in friendlies when it matters most. this squad is low on age and experience, an exception being gary cahill, and the defender used his 32—year—old head to full effect to bring the home side into an early lead. shortly before half—time it was two, harry kane leading by example. the captain, you sense, will prove key to england's ambitions. nigeria had been obliging opponents, but after the break they broke. alex iwobi on hand to give them hope, showing why the super eagles believe they can soar this summer. england had lost the momentum and raheem sterling his footing, after a week in which he made headlines for the wrong reasons. another moment for the forward to forget. ultimately, however, for gareth southgate and his tournament—bound team, it was a job well done. spirits are high, the training has been fantastic. everybody‘s at a very high level. we've had some great fitness over the last couple of weeks in training. yeah, just looking forward to

david ornstein reports.ved controversial from the moment it was rewarded will kick off. organisers are promising a festival of football. however, the russian game has been blighted by incidents of racism and some harbour serious concerns. among them, the england defender danny rose, who has told his family to stay away. but will the team leave the field if they experienced abuse during the tournament? i don't think the players want that. they have worked all their lives to get to a world cup, so the idealism we are able to raise the issues, confront issues, but they want to play in the tournament. today, england's 23 man squad, a group low on age and experience, yet high on belief and camaraderie, continued preparations at their st george's park base before travelling north to yorkshire. it is here at the local fa headquarters that england will train in the morning and of their final warm train in the morning and of their finalwarm up game train in the morning and of their final warm up game tomorrow night a

join me, david ornstein, for the latest from the england camp, where all the talk today has been aboutd tea m all the talk today has been about a leaked team sheet. i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. also coming up on the programme: bat dominates ball again, as england start chasing australia's 310 in the latest 0di at durham. and no playing second fiddle for stradivarius, as he wins the ascot gold cup. plenty to pack in tonight, but we'll start with events it's day eight, and we are bracing for ourselves for the big match, argentina against croatia. we'll get to that later. we've had to macro results, back—to—back matches in group c. france and denmark with the chance to book a place in the last 16 at the world cup with a game to spare. denmark didn't manage it but france did, beating carew1—0. —— peru. in terms of volume and mass, peru are unmissable but, when they get the ball around here, things become distinctly missable. the latest peruvians are turned down the chance ofa peruvians are turned down the chance of a world cup goal, costing them in their first match agains

thank you, david ornstein there. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.u like the weather warm and sunny, you will like this. things not changing a huge amount over the next few days. plenty more scenes like these, which is how it looked for a weather watcher on the north yorkshire cost earlier. similar story in norfolk and the daytime temperatures will only claim —— north yorkshire coast earlier. i've chosen birmingham just as an example. it shows as we get on into next week, temperatures will get up into the high 20s, perhaps 30 degrees. this may come as good news to some of you. the nights will not be particularly warm. not as chilly as they have been recently, but even in the next week, those night—time temperatures will better way, providing some relief from the heat. back to the here and now, though, the satellite picture shows we have had a lot of sunshine so far today. some extra cloud across scotland and northern ireland. northern ireland may catch a shower this afternoon. generally the wind is not as strong as yesterday and the temperatures just

david ornstein, at the world cup, thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.emperatures have ta ken temperatures have taken us slight tumble, 20 degrees is the top value this afternoon but it's only a temporary tumble. by next week some spots are likely to hit 30. we are currently in the grip of some relatively cool air and some brisk winds as well, but we push all that away to the east through the weekend. we bring these orange colours across the charts and that gives the potential for those really high temperatures next week. back to the here and now, actually a fairly cool and fresh feel out there, good spells of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud. the exception is the far north—east of scotland where cloud will bring the odd spot of rain. it will bring the odd spot of rain. it will be quite breezy, the strongest breeze across the north—east of scotla nd breeze across the north—east of scotland as well and that helps to explain the low temperatures. we're looking at highs of 16 to maybe 21 degrees at best, but it sets us up a very pleasant evening and a long e

but southgate says sterling shouldn't be hounded over something which is a personal choice, as david ornsteingland's past to the world cup has been smooth. but with the tournament 110w been smooth. but with the tournament now fast approaching, the scrutiny has intensified. this week raheem sterling moved to defend himself after revealing a tattoo of an assault rifle on his right leg. amid criticism from anti—gun campaigners sterling say the artwork had a deeper meaning that his father was shot dead when the player was just two—year—old, and he made a promise never to touch a gun in his life. he understands how some people have perceived the tattoo, but in my view a tattoo is like any work of art, it isa a tattoo is like any work of art, it is a very individual meaning, he is not somebody that supports or wants to promote guns. this is a youthful england squad. the household names of the past are gone, so too perhaps the shackles of press conference tournament failures. and it is here at team hotel that they are trying to relax. before taking centre stage at wembley tomorrow, in the first of t

from repino, here's our sports correspondent david ornstein. england arrived back here to their hotel at 4:30am and today has been all about rest and recovery. they will return to training tomorrow ahead of travelling to moscow on monday for their match against colombia on tuesday evening. we know the outcome of their group, if they had won it they would have finished top and being in potentially the far tougher half of the draw, facing a number of former champions to win the competition. as it happens, they have a potentially kinder path towards the final if they are to get there. if they were beat colombia, then they will go on to the quarterfinals next saturday against sweden or switzerland. win that and they would be in a semifinal against spain or denmark and i do not think it is even worth talking about the final at this point. chris waddle thinks england have a glorious opportunity, but they should not underestimate colombia. they will be thinking we can go to the semi—finals here. before you hit, they are all hard games, but before you

thanks, david ornstein in repino. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. some sunshine to start the world cup on thursday, some at the moment and a bit more cloud than over the last few days, but drive for most. across parts of western scotland, particularly stored away and a couple of other sports, it represents the 22nd consecutive dry day. they have not had rain for over three weeks. that will change quite drastically in just over 2a hours. the cloud responsible for the changes currently in the atlantic. the little arrows on the charts are the jet stream strengthening into this little bubble which will bring quite a substantial low—pressure system by the end of tomorrow and into thursday. a ridge of high pressure with us, some breaks in the cloud, cooler than the past few days, most notably in eastern areas. the best of the sunshine as well zampa south west, temperatures of 23 or 24. most of us will be dry, dry into tonight as well. with clearer skies and a slightly cooler day today, tonight will be fresher. down into single figures for the vast majorit

our sports correspondent david ornstein is at england's training base in repino. where, as we speak, england are recuperating from the assertions of yesterday, the viewing figures you mentioned represent an 82.9% share of the uk television audience, quite incredible, really, and indicative of the growing sense of excitement and interest around this young england team. early days, but the nation is beginning to believe. basking in the glory of a record—breaking result, england's biggest win in major tournament history, through to the knockout rounds with a game to spare. if expectations coming into the world cup were low, they are not. it is a special moment, we wanted to do the country proud and get through to the next step and see where we can go. the goal rush was opened byjohn stones. commentator: stones creeps in! voiceover: after harry kane struck from the spot, jesse lingard produced the best of the lot. commentator: jesse lingard fires in for a beautiful word for england! voiceover: a clever set piece ended with a second forjohn stones. commentator: and now

by the looks of things, they have a fully fit squad now and even our sports correspondent david ornstein promised this is something we weren't going to talk about. i was so thoroughly embarrassed by jordan pickford yesterday. welcome to the gulf of finland, england's based on the woodland. there is saint petersburg right in the distance. i'm trying to change the subject. basically each day, and member of the media will ta ke day, and member of the media will take on the players. and it's not going well for the journalists. c of the daily mail was beaten by gary cadle and jordan pickford beat me yesterday. he beat me14— cadle and jordan pickford beat me yesterday. he beat me 14— 11 so i don't want to talk much more about that. and i was being sympathetic. i didn't want the england number one to suffer his first defeat and hopefully, things will continue to go well. all now fully fit and closer to knowing the team from monday. any closer? the training session is fully behind closed doors. the team will line up as they start in volgograd against tunisia on monday but we won't be able to see

our sports correspondent david ornstein is there for us, and they'll be a happy bunch today, david ?tance away from here in the early hours, around 6am local foray away from here in the early hours, around 6am localforay your time. an emotional night that ended for the right reasons and england will be delighted with their start. this is the training ground. you can see the coachesin the training ground. you can see the coaches in the background. alan russell and steve holland setting out a training session. following that match last night in which harry kane gave england the lead early on with his first goal in a competition at senior level. that what england after the perfect start. however, it then went characteristically a little bit of a wobble and tunisia equalised from the penalty is what —— penalty spot. harry kane wrapped it upfor —— penalty spot. harry kane wrapped it up for england in stoppage time. it was a happy night in the end. it puts england in a good position. they need to win on sunday against panama. you will hear from us a little later today. thank you for joinin

we can speak now to david ornstein is with the squad in reppino.he team, the players, the managers, the coaching staff. they have a long trip to come for the opening match tomorrow? they have indeed. they are currently trailing behind me in the spartak stadium. you might hear some thuds in the background, the balls are being kicked around after a light—hearted warm up, syntactical games, jokey sessions. the spirits are so games, jokey sessions. the spirits are so high among the squad. but then the serious work is getting going. after this training session, which is now closed, we were inside for the first 15 minutes but it is now closed, they will make their way back to the team hotel, they'll have a warm down with some exercise machines there and then they will have some lunch, pack their bags. early afternoon they will head for the airport, st petersburg's main airport, they will fly by private jet to volgograd. it is about 1000 miles, two and a half hours south. the weather is much warmer there than here. i mean, this is a pleasa nt than here. i

let's speak to our sports correspondent, david ornstein, who's outside the england hotel in repino fort to roll the our. welcome to the england team hotel. i think they are wrapping up their final training session now before that trip. south—east of here, in the gulf of finland, around 45 minutes away from st petersburg, they will leave the tea m st petersburg, they will leave the team hotel in a couple of hours for the airport and then things get really serious. the dominant theme in the last couple of days has been tea m in the last couple of days has been team sheet gate. two days ago, steve holland photographed with a piece of paper in his hand that had the number of names of players in certain positions, leading to suspicions this was the starting tea m suspicions this was the starting team to face panama. it included marcus rashford coming in for raheem sterling and dele alli dropping out in favour of ruben loftus—cheek. unconfirmed but yesterday gareth southgate said the media needed to confirm whether they wanted to help england all the opposition and that led to a moral debate

we can go live now to our correspondent david ornstein, who is in repino, where england are based forin the camp will be different now they have lost the game. that's right, mike. welcome back to repino, on the gulf of finland. england's race is close to hear, and they arrived back about 4am this morning local time, 2am in the uk. today there will be no training session. they willjust be recuperating at the team hotel. they will train properly on saturday and sunday. a light session on monday morning before flying over the moscow and that game, of course, on tuesday. it will be interesting to see how england get on. it is potentially the tougher opposition that they could have faced in the last 16, but potentially a smoother route towards the final if they are to get there. moscow will be cooler than rostov would have been, considerably. thejourney than rostov would have been, considerably. the journey time will be shorter, as well. colombia the opponents. that is the big question, can england get past them? they will be possibly without their star man, james rodriguez, he left with a

our sports correspondent david ornstein is in repino, where the team is now. david?ernational football, still as strong as ever. that is around 70% share of the audience. as you can see, england are training behind me as we speak. it's the players who we re as we speak. it's the players who were used as substitutes to what i'm used. the rest of the squad are back at the hotel recovering from their exertions. dele alli, the only injury concern. he has gone for a scan on a thigh problem. that was england's third win of an opening match at the world cup ever. it was so emotional with that late winner, a dramatic night in volgograd. scenes of english celebration, a sight rarely witnessed at major football tournaments. after many years of hurt, some happiness and hope. the hero, who else but harry kane? the captain leading by example, his country up and running in russia. in a world cup, you're never sure how it's going to go. in recent years, the first games have always been difficult. it looked like it could have been one of them nights again but you're always proud to

in a moment we will talk to richard conway in moscow, but first here's david ornstein who's with the s a team, a squad, full of confidence and optimism. why? partly because they have all 23 players fit and available now. the main injury concern was marcus rashford, who picked up a knock to his knee in a behind closed doors friendly before england's departed for russia. since they arrived, he missed both training sessions on wednesday and thursday. today, he returned to the full group and there was a full complement available to gareth southgate. that bodes well. training now really ramps up. it will be behind closed doors tomorrow. that is when perhaps the tea m tomorrow. that is when perhaps the team that is going to start their first match on monday will be set out. speculation that has already happened. i understand gareth southgate is yet to inform his group asa southgate is yet to inform his group as a whole or individuals who will be starting. he is keeping them on their toes. it's all very exciting, this is a fresh england camp. we will be hearing from the players today, part o

let's go to england's base in repino then and speak to our correspondent david ornstein.u can't get excited at the world cup, when can you? the thursday march will determine who finishes second and first in the group. living and top it, they will play on monday if they come second, they will have an extra day to prepare and will play on tuesday. both of those matches are seven o'clock kick—off in the uk and it will be between colombia, japan and senegal, because that group is still to be decided. if we are going to dream even further than that we can look towards the end of next week on friday at 7pm when the first possible quarterfinal for england will take place. less than 2a hours later on saturday afternoon is the other possible match in the quarterfinals. but we are all keeping our feet quarterfinals. but we are all keeping ourfeet on quarterfinals. but we are all keeping our feet on the ground, certainly the england camp who were backin certainly the england camp who were back in training this morning. you might want to book some time off work or create your diaries

let's get the mood from russia now, with our sports correspondent, david ornstein. it really was fantastic. the 1986 champions, two—time winners, giving themselves a lifeline really. layer now messy, such a shadow of his normal self in that first game, last night he opened the scoring with a sublime effort —— and now messy. it really was messi at his best —— lionel messi. a touch on his knee and his blood and then into the back of the net to send the argentine fans into wild celebration —— and his foot. victor moses equalised for nigeria and then an unlikely scorer of the winner for argentina as the full—time approached, marcos rojo against manchester united, repeating four yea rs manchester united, repeating four years ago when he scored the winner against the same opposition in the group stage and so what a night for argentina. england against belgium tomorrow night, might we see a few changes? i think we definitely will see some changes from gareth southgate. here at the england training base on the gulf of finland we will see england training ina gulf of finland

our correspondent, david ornstein, is in repino, and, david, the players have been having some fun on paces one more time before flying away for their first match. in terms of what they have been doing in the hotel a short drive from here, they have lots of leisure facilities, computer games, and many other things. they are also mixing with the media which is very rare. in the euros two years ago england would not even answer questions from the media about internal competition. they are playing darts. we will see more every day. they have been tenpin bowling, football, and that is in the media centre. a departure from england squads. let's hear more about it. pool tables, table tennis, fortnite, which the lads are mad about. plenty to keep entertained. great team spirit. we should learn more about the squad when they train here at 1115 local time, 915 your time. we are expecting marcus rashford to train. he has been suffering from any problem for the past few days —— michael and he will return ahead of the fixture on monday. reports that ashley young will be at left back, harry maguir

let's speak to our sports correspondent david ornstein.'s base for the world cup, around 45 minutes to saint petersburg. all of the news came from a long way away from here. because of the var in the portuguese game but also the spanish game. portugal had already taken the lead against iran and cristiano ronaldo had been awarded a penalty that was saved, a penalty that was awarded by the ai system. then came the most controversial incident when ronaldo tasselled with an uranium player about midway through the second half, it seemed his arm was flailing and it caught the uranium player. there was a long deliberation as the da are system had a look at it, the referee came over to the pitch side television and inspected for himself and eventually he gave only a yellow ca rd and eventually he gave only a yellow card for cristiano ronaldo. any people thought they should have been a red card and portugal would have had to play the last 15 minutes or so of the match with only ten men and without the best player. as it happened, iran did equalise,

our sport news correspondent david ornstein is at the team‘s training base in repino for us. scrutiny, not too many fans around, it is a forest location not too far from the beach. this is england‘s third youngest squad they have ever taken. they can go down to the beach. the families will be able to come on the day after matches to visit saint petersburg and maybe some of the players will go themselves. there is not a great deal to do otherwise. plenty of leisure and entertainment facilities within the hotel and they have brought their own chefs to get home comforts in terms of food and drink. we have heard that marcus rashford picked up a knock in their last training match, any indication how serious or not serious it may be? hi david, just asking you how serious the marcus rashford knock maybe, if you know? i presume that is it. we have lost david! i was hoping we could keep on those pictures. i think the water got into his microphone. the sprinkler was doing his business. i must apologise, i wasn‘t listening to what he was saying, i just saw the water approaching. we have

david ornstein is there. the sun last most of the day so sleeping is an issue. -- lasts.shford and whether he can play. how much of and whether he can play. how much of a doubt is there over his injury? we should find out more today. will he trained? that should find out more today. will he trained ? that is should find out more today. will he trained? that is the big question. —— train. he did not yesterday. he got a knock to the knee at saint georges park. we are told it was a precaution. they are training at 9:15 your time. we will hear from some of the players this afternoon. not long to go until the start of the world cup. thank you very much indeed. fingers crossed for marcus rashford. a fantastic goal he scored at costa rica in the warmup. away from this world cup, let‘s fast forward eight years, and it‘s been announced the 2026 world cup will be held in the united states, canada and mexico. the "united 2026" beat morocco, winning over twice the number of votes. the tournament will be the biggest world cup ever held, with 48 teams playing 80 matches over 34 days. e