even the veteran keeper gianluigi buffon wasn't born then.age from the first leg. the italians normally get the job done but they are lacking in sparkle this year. some said that a world cup without there would be unthinkable but the swedish keeper robin olsen had a thing or two to say about that. sending buffon forward for a late corner was the last in a series of unsuccessful ideas. italy's time was up. sweden on their way to russia. not spectacular but they won't forget this night in milan in a hurry. and for different reasons, nor will their hosts. it means that the captain gianluigi buffon retires from international football after 176 caps. he was on tears —— in tea rs 176 caps. he was on tears —— in tears on the pitch afterwards. well, the republic of ireland have the chance to achieve what northern ireland couldn't, two nights ago. martin o'neill‘s men face denmark in the second leg of their world cup qualifying playoff at the aviva stadium tomorrow night. and it's all to play for after the first leg ended in a goalless draw. i think w

rerter: it is a tearful farewell for gianluigi buffon. 10 year between the -- one match shy of boming the ly goalkeeper to play isix world cup's. without him, italy's few -- football future is in question. brent: in switzerland, what of the largest flawless diamonds ever cut has been auctioned off. you see it right there. the massive diamond fetched a final press of nearly $30 million. it is a whopping 163 karat jule and the auction price includes the emerald necklace in which it is set. the gem was cut down from an even bigger diamond found last year. here is a remder of the top stories we are following for you. rescuers in iran have ended their search for survivors from sunday's earthquake. the country has observed a day of mourning for the more than 400 people were killed. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions has told members of congress that he did not lie. he rejected allegations that he deliberately misled lawmakers earlier this year about his knowledge of possible communications between russia and trump's presintial campaign. don't

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charge for 17 months, will now come under serious presssure and 39—year—old goalkeeping legend gianluigi buffonnnounced his retirement from the international game. a short time ago i spoke to football journalist mina rzouki who questioned what type of italian team this was. i'm not entirely sure there is that much talent. the very good players are the experienced veterans who did so are the experienced veterans who did so well, and a large role of ventura bringing him in was to bring through the young talent and give them the chance to show their stuff and mix with the veterans and bring in a new generation to take italy forward but he didn't manage that to be honest. in many ways this isn't a great thing to happen to italian football but perhaps it's needed, if they can make an look at this as a blessing in disguise and an opportunity to rebuild. that means from the top as well, getting rid of the men who have held onto power for well, getting rid of the men who have held onto powerfor so long, men who were brought in because people thought they might do us a few favours here or there, or at l

gianluigi buffon was among those left out of the starting line—up, and the champions paid the price.ey conceded three goals in the second half. that result puts them four points behind leaders napoli. sampdoria move within five points ofjuve, with a game in hand. david moyes's first match in charge of west ham was a 2—0 loss to watford on sunday in the english premier league. moyes was taking charge after slaven bilic was dismissed, and he made three changes to the side thrashed by liverpool two weeks ago, including the return of andy carroll. but west ham's attack was weak, and their creaky defence was exposed again by marco silva's men. will hughes and richarlison scored in what was only watford's second home win of the season. watford climb to eighth, while west ham are stuck in the relegation zone. we want to be in the games. we stayed in the games for most of it. we made a couple of chances to get ourselves goals. we didn't get them today. you know, the goals change games. if you get them, it covers a multitude of sins. we didn't take the chances today. so we have to play better

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they lost 1—0 on aggregate to sweden in milan last night — and the italian goalkeeper gianluigi buffonid "sorry for all of italian football". while there's national despair in italy — there have been huge celebrations for sweden — who quailified for their first world cup in 12 years. this is how the team celebrated at the final whistle — spotting the pitchside studio of a swedish broadcaster and invading their post—match analysis. england women's interim manager mo marley has given manchester city's keira walsh and arsenal's leah williamson their first senior call—ups. the two midfielders are joined by goalkeeper karen bardsley in a 26—player squad for the world cup qualifiers against bosnia & herzegovina and kazakhstan at the end of the month. bardsley returns for the first time since breaking her leg at this summer's european championship. wales centrejonathan davies will miss next year's six nations after being ruled out for around six months with a foot injury. davies was hurt during saturday's defeat by australia in cardiff. he needs surgery — and that means his domestic season fo

this time last year, gianluigi buffon beat them in the annual golden foot award.n. the winner gets to leave a permanent mould of theirfootprints in monaco. andy murray's aches and pains will keep him out for the rest of the season, but they won't stop him playing roger federer on tuesday. he will face the 19—time grand slam champion in a charity match in glasgow. it is a year since murray became world number one, but he has now slipped to 16 in the rankings due to a hip injury, having last played competitively in july. so andy murray's season hasn't gone how he would have liked, and the same can be said for the sacramento kings. they face oklahoma on tuesday — one of ten games in the nba. the kings are having a shocker. their defeat to detroit at the weekend was their seventh in a row, and they're now sitting second—from—bottom in the western conference. now, in case you missed it: italian great andrea pirlo has announced he is retiring from football after playing his last game for new york city. pirlo has 116 caps for italy and won the world cup in 2006. he playe

even veteran keeper gianluigi buffon was sent into the attack in injury time, but it finished goal—lessnd at next summer‘s world cup if they can beat denmark in dublin this evening. the first leg in copenhagen ended 0—0 and ireland manager martin 0‘neill knows his side will have to do a lot more going forward to beat the danes. i think that we will try to be a bit more expensive if we can, try and deal with the ball a wee bit better and if that‘s the case, well, we wa nt to and if that‘s the case, well, we want to try to win the game, we have to find a way to win a match. and these players have been unable to do that in the last couple of years. england versus brazil has produced some classic moments from the past. gordon banks‘ save from pele in 1970s, in the maracana in ‘84. tonight england manager gareth southgate says he "will not hesitate" to use his young stars in tonight‘s friendly against brazil. three players have been drafted into the senior side from the under—21‘s and could receive debuts. this follows five players earning their first caps in the draw against germany, includ

a tearful gianluigi buffon said he was "sorry for all of italian football", after they failed to reachith sweden in milan. 0ne italian newspaper described the result as "the apocalypse". another is suggesting candidates to replace manager giampiero ventura, who hasn't actually officially resigned yet. rugby union world wales centrejonathan davies will miss next year's six nations after being ruled out for around six months by a foot injury. davies was hurt during saturday's defeat by australia in cardiff. he needs surgery and that means his domestic season for scarlets may also be over. it's a real blow — davies was the lions player of the series against new zealand this year. harlequins centre jamie roberts has been added to the wales squad along with prop scott andrews. england forward sam burgess will return for england to face papua new guinea in their rugby league world cup quarterfinal. he's recovered from knee ligament damage, suffered in their opening defeat to australia. burgess comes in for chris heighington but coach wayne bennett has suggested he may not play in the middle,