even eden hazard denied.but belgium have the ability to eclipse long minutes of the thracian with an incident of inspiration. that is the moment of magic that belgium were so desperate for! dries mertens made the goal of the tournamentjudging dries mertens made the goal of the tournament judging tougher still. panama were obliged to venture forward and just for a second they may have had a national hero. just for a second. but class told. eden hazard, kevin de bruyne, romelu lukaku. a goal built from some of the best footballers belgium has ever seen. panama, the best footballers belgium has ever seen. panama, a the best footballers belgium has ever seen. panama, a nation split in half by a canal, with similarly dissected by a ball from eden hazard. peden —— romelu lukaku with the gold. for them, a day of routine. for panama, one of history. so belgium coming good in the second half against panama. we had one more win today. sweden just edged past south korea. that is mexico and germany's group. mexico top of

eden hazard, lukaku got another one.n beat south korea 1—0 in nizhny norgorod — the swedes are now level with mexico at the top of their group but they couldn't match the mexicans for flair, as nick parrott reports. spectacular stadiums at world cups are almost a given. unfortunately the quality of the matches played within cannot be guaranteed. sweden haven't won their opening game since they hosted the tournament in 1958. what they would have given to be able to field their recent icon. the first shot in this match took 20 minutes to arrive, the second longest for a first attempt since 1966. south korea were even worse, failing to register a single shot on target. both sides tried to win penalties but the officials didn't fall for their antics. the video assistant referee finally intervened in the second—half, the outcome, a kick to sweden. captain andreas granqvist lead by example. that was as good as the finishing what, not that this swedish fans were complaining. they are now top of their group alongside mexico. tha

we had a couple of goals from eden hazard, rob luke lukaku goals from eden hazard, rob luke lu ka ku— romelu lukaku. belgium, well, they arejust looking so well drilled with all those glared players who play in the premier league as well. 5—2, all those goal—scorers playing in the premier league. so, when they get to play england, they are going to know each other inside out in that final group matches. england are playing panama on sunday, down in nizhny novgorod, and panama making their world cup debut, they are ranked outside the world's top 50. they kept belgium quite for a5 minutes before losing 3—0. england getting the equaliser from harry kane, the winner against tunisia. if england get a winner against tunisia. if england geta win winner against tunisia. if england get a win against panama, and they should, they willjoin belgium at the top on six points, both go through to the last 16 and they face each other on thursday to see who tops the group. ready to look forward to, and we can look forward to seeing germany for a bit longer as they are still alive at this world cup. no

belgium gifted a penalty which eden hazard duly dispatched.eague's influence extended to belgium second, too. romelu lukaku! the game kept on giving. not 20 minutes old when the only player on the field who plays in belgium, got one back. still romelu lukaku found space to restore belgium's two—goal advantage and move level with ronaldo as the tournament's top scorer. tunisia needed to look at this game a little differently. the best angle came from and try as they might, tunisia just couldn't keep eden hazard down. fantastic goal, hazard. he's got two as well, belgium have four. they could've had plenty more as well. hazard's chelsea team—mate made missing look simpler than scoring on more than one occasion. third time lucky though, right? at last, he can make it five. in a thoroughly convincing victory. if belgium's three—scoring form was worrying, their defensive lapse cause for optimism. this effort was never going to be more than consolation though, as belgium with two wins and eight goals have qualification almost wrapped up. ben crouche

even eden hazard denied.in the mood but belgium have the ability to eclipse long minutes of frustration with an instant of inspiration. backin with an instant of inspiration. back in and that is the moment of magic that belgium were so desperate for! dries mertens made the goal of the tournamentjudging teva dries mertens made the goal of the tournament judging teva still. panama were obliged to venture forward and just for a second this striker may have become a national hero. but class told. eden hazard, kevin de bruyne, romelu lukaku. a goal build from some of the best footballers belgium has ever seen. panama were similarly dissected by an eden hazard through ball. in went romelu lu ka ku an eden hazard through ball. in went romelu lukaku and belgium sailed over the horizon. for them, a day of routine, for panama, one of history. in the day's other match, sweden beat korea. it was another penalty which was awarded which was calmly converted by the sweden captain. with wimbledon nowjust two weeks away, the

chelsea's eden hazard added a second before half—time, and the win sealed late on another united playern 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 in turin. aston villa have resolved their immediate financial crisis and will settle a £4 million tax bill. a tax payment was missed on friday, but £500,000 has already been paid to hmrc, with more to follow by the end of the week. villa face a third successive season outside the top flight after losing the championship play—off final to fulham. a former f

romelu lukaku and eden hazard first half goals were added to late on by marouane fellaini as egypt playedured mohamad salah. while elsewhere there were losses for two teams who are going to russia with both nigeria and panama beaten by teams who haven't qualified while belarus and hungary played out a 1—1 draw. but for roberto martinez and his belgium team it was a solid workout before the tournament. we need to carry on working, carry on developing but what i do appreciate is the group, there is one aspect of our performances, eve ryo ne one aspect of our performances, everyone is prepared to copy each other and work hard for each other and it's no coincidence today we we re and it's no coincidence today we were not perfect defensively but we can improve because of that and that is the main ingredient, if we can go to the world cup feeling that we are a team, we have achieved what we wa nted a team, we have achieved what we wanted in preparation. england take on costa rica in one of five friendlies being played on thursday. it's both teams final match before they head to the world cup in

the best angle came from sobhi and try as they might, tunisia just couldn‘t keep eden hazard down. vincing victory. if belgium's three form was worrying, their defensive lapse cause for optimism. this effort was never going to be more than consolation though, as belgium with two wins and eight goals have also patient almost wrapped up. instructor, bbc news. —— ben grubbs her. it's it‘s really good for us to be able to adapt to different types of games especially in a division like the world cup, and thenjust at especially in a division like the world cup, and then just at that desire to finding the solutions in each game. we had to suffer at spells, but then when we were at full flow going forward, we look really sharp. as many things that we need to keep doing well. but his qualification after two games, and you cannot ask more from this group of players. we were just sitting a couple rows back from the belgian dugout. roberto spent the whole man standing in the technical area, even when it was absolutely belting down the killer weather here in moscow today. we had a massive hailst

in moscow right now belgium's leading free one belgium's opening goal came from the penalty spot eden hazard made no mistakes and me to an easy and goalkeeper the wrong way and it wasn't long before belgian strike of romelu lukaku than the canadian call themselves back in the game almost immediately defended in a broader rising to head out. just before half time with a cock against the belgium restoring the europeans to go kush. it's hard. to imagine what i game we have a spell doom three one that's thanks to a brace from romelu lukaku and early penalty and converted by. side actually quick to respond to the second goal through brawn he scored a beautiful had a from a cross but nonetheless the belgians are in full control at the moment leading to a three goals to one and. i'm lucky enough to be sat in close to the belgian fans they've been singing all throughout the first half i can even hear them now they're obviously very happy because if the result stays the same belgium qualifies for the last sixteen it almost mean that tunisia out of the world cup but then again they don't seem to be gi

two goals from eden hazard, and two more from joint top scorer romelu lukaku, helping them to a 5—2 win bbc news. football's world governing body, fifa, has opened an investigation into granit xhaka and xherdan shaqiri's goal celebrations during switzerland's world cup victory over serbia. they appeared to make an eagle gesture as they celebrated in a symbol of the two—headed eagle on the albanian flag. both players are ethnic albanians from kosovo, where a serbian crackdown on the albanian population only ended with nato military intervention in 1999. and to keep up to date with what's going on in the world cup go to the bbc sport website for team news, interviews, results and fixtures. a californian black bear had to be freed by police after being trapped ina freed by police after being trapped in a cloud during a hunt forfood. the footage shows the creature stuck inside a vehicle. you can see it coming out the window there. an officer broke a rear window so the animal could escape without suffering any major injury. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, and her partner, clark

united striker romelu lu ka ku took his tally in the tournament to four with his double, while eden hazard as roberto martinez‘s team made it two wins out of two, with eight goals so far. england meanwhile, were put through their paces at a final training session today before travelling to their base near the finnish border — 800 miles east, ahead of their second world cup match tomorrow. dele ali was back in training, but only for the first part and is still expected to miss tomorrow's match against panama. everyone expects england to win and secure their place in the last i6 alongside belgium, but manager gareth southgate isn't getting ahead of himself. we have seen already that the difficulty, big countries in terms of rankings, have that in breaking down lower ranked teams. that has been a theme right the way throughout so there is no way there is any complacency in the way we have prepared for the game. the situation in the group is obviously a healthy one for us but we need to focus on our performance. ireland have made history down under by winning a series against australia for the

this penalty from belgium‘s eden hazard continues the run of no 0—0‘s in the tournament. 27 games and goes! time now for the weather forecast, the very latest to now. with helen willetts. strong june sunshine, as you would expect, grey cloud around, as you can see, in north somerset here, just a little earlier today, we have some thicker cloud, but even here it will disappear, and this warming trend will continue, we are in for some hot weather has most of the weather bearing france are to the north, and heading across into northern parts of russia,

two goals from eden hazard, and two more from joint top scorer romelu lukaku, helping them to a 5—2 winim allman, bbc news. football's world governing body has opened an investigation into granit xhaka and xherdan shaqiri's goal celebrations during switzerland's world cup victory over serbia. they appeared to make an eagle gesture as they celebrated in a symbol of the two—headed eagle on the albanian flag. both players are ethnic albanians from kosovo where a serbian crackdown on the albanian population only ended with nato military intervention in 1999. and to keep up to date with what's going on in the world cup, go to the bbc sport website for team news, interviews, results, and fixtures, go to bbc.com/worldcup. new zealand's prime ministerjacinda ardern presented her newborn baby girl, called niamh, to the cameras. mrs ardern, who's said to be regaining her strength with macaroni and cheese, and her partner, clark gayford, have been swamped with congratulatory messages from around the globe, including a private email from queen elizabeth. twitter wags have dubbed the baby "prime min

this penalty from belgium's eden hazard continues the run of no 0—0‘s in the tournament. 27 games andnting. the current score is belgium 4, tunisia 1. there it goes! time now for the weather forecast, the very latest to now. with helen willetts. strong june sunshine, as you would expect, grey cloud around, as you can see, in north somerset here, just a little earlier today, we have some thicker cloud, but even here it will disappear, and this warming trend will continue, we are in for some hot weather has most of the weather bearing france are to the north, and heading across into northern parts of russia, across the northern parts of russia, across the north atlantic, high building, temperatures rise by day and by night. some interruptions in the south, and high cloud in the north, the cloud is thick enough, giving spots of rain and drizzle. peering out of the way for tomorrow. fine evening, fine starry night, recent nights have been white chilli, it will be quite cool again. —— quite chilly. 565 in the countryside. —— five5, 5ix5. we will see plenty of unbroken 5un5hine five5, 5ix5.

european leaders and belgium's prime minister, charles michel, decided to present her with a gift — an eden hazard of state will be rooting for! i'm sure they all want to keep england in, rather than going out! kick off in the next few minutes. lots of changes for england and belgium. 17 in all. we thought we would leave you this evening with a bit of a golden memory from italia 90, the last time england play belgium at a world cup. it was david platt's goal that put england through to the quarterfinals. it is goodbye for now. chipped in and volley down! it is there by david flats! england have done it in the last minute of extra time! temperatures have once again been soaring across the country. no change for tomorrow. another hot day on the way. this is what it is looking like this evening. temperatures still in the mid—20s in the lowlands of scotland at ten o'clock at night. that doesn't happen very often in this part of the world. tonight, it will turn cloudy again, particularly on the north sea coasts, we will see temperatures between 8—11d. tomorrow sta rts temperatures between 8—11d. tomorr

we are we going to go in the game of the spots like a reader in moscow it's gone belgium's way eden hazard stepped up commies are wrong for the chinese even goalkeeper from the penalty spot. but only fifteen minutes on the clock will keep you up to date with all the action in that group game keep your eye on the bottom of the screen will flash up a score as we bring you the rest of the day's headlines after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond shill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. yes. but it's like it just goes so i saw it from the right before the game numbers to. see if. i call him a socialist and he should get the special award to be creation from a broken arm part of building. for the success so real they feel the confidence right now and they can hold. him back now to know to belgium in the time or in the break another bomb went into the net against tunisia or the spartak stadium updates later on a cost on to other news now this saturday the white house is chastised the media for distorting th

romelu lukaku and eden hazard both scoring twice in moscow. they play england on thursday.. england, as we know, first up against panama at 1pm. after that, it's japan against senegal at apm, and then poland versus colombia at 7pm. coverage is on bbc one and bbc radio 5 live. away from the world cup, and the england rugby union coach eddiejones, says his side are better for the series defeat against south africa. they finished with a flourish in the final test — winning 25—10 at newlands. jonny may with england's try thanks to brilliant work from danny cipriani, starting his first international test for a decade. we want to be the best team in the world, and you have to go through these periods to find out some things about yourself. we've done that, and now we want to kick on in november when it all starts again. we get another 400 caps back and we've got nine or ten club games to go through before we get the team together. so, england finally got the performance they were after in south africa. but the same cannot be said for the zulu impi dancers who have become part of

two goals from eden hazard, and two more from joint top scorer romelu lukaku, helping them to a 5—2 winn, bbc news. football's world governing body, fifa, has opened an investigation into granit xhaka and xherdan shaqiri's goal celebrations during switzerland's world cup victory over serbia. they appeared to make an eagle gesture as they celebrated in a symbol of the two—headed eagle on the albanian flag. both players are ethnic albanians from kosovo, where a serbian crackdown on the albanian population only ended with nato military intervention in 1999. now the countdown is on for england in the world cup. at lunchtime on sunday they play panama in the second of their group games at the tournament. they know a victory will put them through to the last 16. here's our sports editor dan roan having won their opening world cup match for the first time in 12 years, england arrived here tonight with momentum behind them. with temperatures in nizhniy novgorod set to exceed 30 degrees tomorrow, manager gareth southgate's team must acclimatise quickly, but he believes they can handle the heat o

eden hazard initially brought down before the slot kick was slotted home.ne. tunisia have a free kick. it is 2-0 0ne. tunisia have a free kick. it is 2—0 now because a few seconds ago, lukaku 2—0 now because a few seconds ago, lu ka ku got 2—0 now because a few seconds ago, lukaku got his third goal of the tournament his first in a match full for the great finish and tunisia, what a start to the game. tunisia we re what a start to the game. tunisia were looking completely out of it and they will go home if they lose this match, don't forget, so it is 2-1 this match, don't forget, so it is 2—1 hour after 70 minutes. bbc one is where you can see it. 2—1. these other games coming up later. in moscow it's a very hot. we expect the pace to slow down at some point so the pace to slow down at some point so in those matches later on today, south korea, who lost against mexico, beat germany in the opener and then the germans have a chance forward tension and beat to beat sweden if they are to make it through to the group stages having lost their first match to mexic

romelu lukaku and eden hazard both scoring twice in moscow. they play england on thursday.hrough to the last 16 in russia. they've travelled the almost 600 miles from their training base in repino to nizhny novgorod, where we find our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. good morning, natalie. england playing in russia's newest stadium in what was once it's most secretive city? it is the most secretive city and the hottest city at the moment. actually not as hot as volgograd but the hottest we have been on our travels. 31 degrees and it will not cool down before england kick off at midday. 0nly cool down before england kick off at midday. only in the 90s, a quarter ofa midday. only in the 90s, a quarter of a century ago debate open their doors to foreigners. before that you could not come him because of its place in military production, producing tanks and the like. 0nly recently have they allowed foreigners in. they have been very kind to us, incredibly welcoming. there have been people all over the world walking down the streets with their flags, world walking down the st

romelu lukaku and eden hazard both scoring twice in moscow. they play england on thursday.'ll play panama in their second group game at this world cup at 1pm this afternoon. the players and staff arrived at their hotel yesterday, a handful of fans outside the gates waiting to greet gareth southgate's side as they look to confirm their place in the knockout stages, and the manager is in positive mood. history is not the important thing for this team. they have an opportunity to create their own history, and they should be excited about that. you know, they're a young team that are going to get better and better. i really enjoy working with all of them and i'm intrigued to see how far they can go and how well they can play, because i think we saw moments of that the other night and we've got to continue that and keep pushing and driving to be as good as we can be. plenty of england fans in nizhny novgorod too, very much making their presence felt in russia's fifth biggest city. kick off as i mentioned is at 1pm this afternoon and the match is live on bbc one. away from the wo

doubts also over the future of star players like eden hazard and thibaut courtois.ry where he is not allowed to work. his visa ran out a few weeks ago and there have been delays in the renewal coinciding with tensions between london and moscow. well as a result, work has stopped on the one billion pound redevelopment plan for stamford bridge. it would have increased capacity to 60,000 and created a state of the art stadiujm in west london. chelsea insist the decison of abramovic will have no effect on the day to day running of the club. christian purslow is the former managing director of chelsea and he says he's not surprised by the decision. so, a very marginal economic decision that has always been on the brink of being approved oi’ been on the brink of being approved or not by the owner. and the practicalities of this project also have been a major stumbling block, essentially a four—year building project needing chelsea to find an alternative home for such a long period. the most practical solution, wembley, many people in the club unsure about the wisdom of ge

it wasn‘t all good news though, eden hazard limped off in the second half.that is the nigerian travel outfit. all the fuss over the football shirt, that beats it any day. nice loosefitting clothing for travelling, which is practical. and great hats. we love that, we approve of that! swansea city have a new manager who they hope will take them back to the premier league. they‘ve hired graham potter from the swedish side 0stersunds. it‘s the englishman‘s firstjob in the uk after taking 0stersunds from the fourth tier of swedish football to the europa league where they won 2—1 at arsenal. noval djockovic has confirmed that he‘ll play at queens next week. djokovic suggested he might skip the grass court season altogether after being knocked out of the french open last week, but that was probably disappointment talking. its the first time in 8 years djokovic has been at queen‘s, and it means 17 of the world‘s top 30 will compete there ahead of wimbledon. johanna konta says she‘s feeling positive about the grass court season after disappointment at the french open

belgium have kevin de bruyne and eden hazard in their team.ed in the series which england lead 2—0. that‘s all the sport for now. we will have more for you in the next hour. which england formation will tunisia be most worried about? dis- harry kane upfront, he is the one to worry about. that is why you get paid the big bucks! thank you, hugh. you are watching afternoon live. the foster carers of the parsons green bomber, ahmed hassan, have told the bbc that if they had been told by surrey county council that he had told immigration officials he had been "trained to kill" by isis, they would never have taken him in. ron and pennyjones also say that two weeks after the bomb partially exploded, they were asked by surrey to be trained on the government‘s anti—radicalisation programme. today, a letter to the home affairs select committee from the home office permanent secretary, has detailed a series of failings on the part of the government‘s prevent programme in hassan‘s case. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. that‘s a card