but the moment of the night came when 22—year—old gavin whyte came on to score with his first touch oftart for his country after impressing for oxford united in the opening weeks of the season. whyte signed for the league one club in the summer from crusaders, where he scored 22 goals in the northern irish league. spain, who beat england 2—i at wembley, trounced world cup finalists croatia tonight. they top league a of the nations league with a 100% record. despite a number of big names retiring from international duty, the squad demonstrating the breadth of talent with that win. let's have a quick look at some of today's other sports stories... hampden park will remain the home of scottish football after the scottish fa opted to buy the stadium from owners queens park for five million pounds when the current lease runs out in 2020. kimi raikkonen will leave ferrari at the end of the season. the 2007 champion isjoining sauber, returning to the team where he began his fi career, with the 20—year—old charles le clerc heading in the other direction. and great britain's simon yates has ext

gavin whyte steals the show in belfast, scoring on his debut for northern ireland with his first touchutes on the pitch. this weekend is the 10th anniversary of the defining moment of the global financial crisis 7 the collapse of lehman brothers bank. it was the largest bankruptcy in history and sparked a chain of events that led to the worst crisis since the great depression. banks collapsed, markets plunged and millions of people across the globe lost theirjobs. the impact is still felt today. research for the bbc by the institute for fiscal studies shows that on average, people's real annual are £800 a year lower than they were a decade ago. one of the hardest hit regions in the uk is the east midlands. colleta smith has been to newark to hear one family 5 story. life for mark and claire has changed over the last decade. we struggle from payday to payday. we're only sort of like one payday from going under. she works for a small business. holidays? yes, thank goodness for visa cards, otherwise we wouldn't have a holiday. he used to be a self—employed sports coach, but the work ran d

and northern ireland were easy 3—0 winners against israel in belfast, with 22—year—old substitute gavin whytetadium in glasgow. the governing body had considered moving internationals and some scottish cup matches from hampden to murrayfield in edinburgh, following an offer from the scottish rugby union. the national team have played home matches at hampden park since 1906. cricket, and england have beaten india by 118 runs to win the fifth and final test at the oval. it completes a 4—1 series victory. james anderson made history by setting a new record for test wickets taken by a pace bowler, as our correspondent, joe wilson, reports. in recent times, english cricket has built floodlights and left the highlights to james anderson — notjust his hair! but look at india! the final day of the english international summer became a belated celebration of their batting. kl rahul‘s 100 featured his full range of flicks and tricks and, after all that emotion of monday, for england, this was, yes, back down to earth. alistair cook was there on patrol, fielding, reflecting, and generally watching an ex

northern ireland's gavin whyte stole the show after being brought on for his debut against israel.he ball. whyte only moved into full—time football this summer when he joined league one side oxford united. what a shame, though, his mum didn't even get to watch it! so a 3—0 win for northern irleand last night. elsewhere, the republic of ireland were in action too. from a star of the future to one from the past. the president of liberia dusting off his boots last night to play for his country? yes, you might remember this man. back in his heyday, george weah playing for ac milan, when he won the ballon d'or in 1995. now he's the president of liberia but, last night, he was given the chance to wear his preferred number 14 shirt one last time in a friendly match with nigeria. perhaps not in quite the same peak condition than in his playing days, the 51—year—old still showed some fleet—footedness and managed 79 minutes before leaving the field to a standing ovation. aand here's something for you. his son, 18—year—old timothy, was also in action last night playing for the usa, though. fa

in belfast, northern ireland's gavin whyte stole the show — after being brought on for his debut againstith his very first touch of the ball. elsewhere the republic of ireland were held to a one all draw by poland. and spain absolutely walloped the world cup finalists croatia 6—0 in the uefa nations league. real madrid's marco asensio with the pick of the goals, his club team—mate isco rounded off the scoring. that result very helpful for england in their nations league group. there've been a couple more developments following serena williams' row with umpire carlos ramos in the final of the us open. we've heard from ramos himself for the first time, and tennis legend billiejean king has softened her stance...as our tennis correspondent russell fuller explains. the umpire admits it is a very delicate situation has given some brief comments to a newspaper in his native portugal. he has also pointed out you can't pick and choose the rules. billie jean king out you can't pick and choose the rules. billiejean king was very outspoken after the us open final. not at all critical of serena will

there was a dream debut for gavin whyte in northern ireland's 3—0 friendly win over israel in belfastdoesn't get much better than that. and britain's simon yates has extended his lead in the vuelta a espana after stage sixteen's time—trial. yates finished 13th, but moved 33 seconds clear of second place with 5 stages to go. lam glad i am glad we sped that up, i was worried that he was going very slowly and that wouldn't be good for anyone to pick —— for anyone. you weren't watching, were you?” anyone to pick —— for anyone. you weren't watching, were you? i am in the forward watching position. you are! you got to be aware of what is coming next. i don't know who was aware of what is coming up next and it is hisjob to, poor matt. see him in the picture. we are talking about fungi and! in the picture. we are talking about fungi and i am not sure how much of afungi fungi and i am not sure how much of a fungi you are going to be this morning. less fungi, more wet guy at the moment. i am at winterbourne house house and gardens owned by the university of birmingham and it is a rare example o

northern ireland‘s gavin whyte stole the show — after being brought on for his debut against israel heand spain absolutely walloped the world cup finalists croatia 6—0 in the uefa nations league. real madrid‘s marco asensio with the pick of the goals, his club team—mate isco rounded off the scoring. that result very helpful for england in their nations league group. britain‘s simon yates has a decent lead going into the final stages of the vuelta a espana. yates finished 13th in the individual time trial, but did enough to go 33 seconds clear of his nearest rival with five stages to go. now you may remember this man, one of the best footballers of all time, george weah — the only african man to win the ballon d‘or. well he‘s now president of liberia, and had one last run out for his national team. at the age of 51, the former ac milan and chelsea striker led out liberia against nigeria last night. the game against nigeria was organised to retire his number 14 shirt. and here‘s something for you...his son, 18 year old timothy, played for the usa last night at the same time. that‘s all t