holly hamilton, bbc news.moment, we will look ahead to the other big match between portugal and spain, but... time to catch up with the latest from the england camp — three days away from their first match against tunisia and better news today for gareth southgate with all 23 players able to train. let‘sjoin our reporter in repino david ornstein. they must be itching to get going. gareth southgate has a full lots to choose from. 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 migh

holly hamilton. thanks for that.land's incredible season continued with their first three—match series win down under since 1979. for the irish, some frayed nerves during that final deciding test at the allianz stadium withjoe schmidt's side hanging on until the final whistle as patrick gearey reports. music. winning on the other side of the world is rugby‘s great test. the last time ireland won a series in the australia, neither these players nor this song had been conceived. it takes some effort to reverse that sort of record. but this irish team never lacks in that department. rumbling through australia, cj stander, the scorer. that try and this match had been tributes to collective work, but the wallabies found space for individual brilliance, kicking collect, express and first class. he delivered. just a point between the sides now. a situation which puts a premium on a player likejohnny saxton, who knows it's over as soon as he has kicked it. that, his fifth penalty, no other irish men or women were as calm, so

i'm holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre.t of the days sport, including: an historic win for ireland, as they claim their first series victory over australia in nearly four decades. and england's losing streak finally comes to an end with victory over the springboks in the third test in durban. hello there. welcome to moscow, red square, the kremlin. it states and at the world cup. we arty have a couple results and a little bit later germany, well, they tend to be curtains for them because ask —— after mexico got another win i'm a germany and not now, the reigning champions, afford to lose against sweden down in sochl to lose against sweden down in sochi. we will bring you all the permutations in just sochi. we will bring you all the permutations injust a moment. the first match today within england's, group chief. one chance to see and match, it had to be early kick—off and here in the capital and that is where bolton were playing tunisia so i managed to get down there to see the highest scoring match had the world cup so fa

hello, i'm holly hamilton and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.harry saves the day for england. captain kane scores an injury—time winner against tunisia. belgium are top of group g at the moment, after beating panama. but they took their time to get going. top seed marin cilic gets off to a winning start at queen's club, with victory over fernando verdasco. hello and welcome to the programme where, nearly one week in the 2018 world cup, the drama is still coming. leading off day five, sweden managed to edge south korea, with a little help from var. belgium overcame a stubborn panama side. but it was england's victory over tunisia that kept us on the edge of our seats. with all the latest, our man in moscow — here is 0lly foster.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. coming up on the programme. the england squad arrive in russia ahead of their world cup campaign, starting with tunisia on monday. 20 years on from his own heroics against tunisia, one former england captain has a message for this year's squad. this is an opportunity for someone to change their life, it be a knife changing opportunity for someone in the next three or four weeks and let's hope that someone is in the england squad. shake hands and make up? australia look to make amends with england ahead of their first series since the sandpaper scandal. hello and welcome to sportsday. check your watches. it's nowjust 45 hours and 26 minutes to the start of world cup 2018 — in case you haven't marked it on your calendars. earlier today the england squad touched down in russia. they left brownian airport earlier today. arriving in st petersburg just a few hours ago before making the one hourjourney to the seaside resort of repino — located on the gulf of finland. a tiny rural village, just over 400 miles from the a

and i'm holly hamilton — away from the world cup the comeback continues— andy murray confirms he willat eastbourne next week.. and a lucky escape for marcus ericsson as formula one returns to france for the first time in ten years. hello, we are half way through the gorup stage here in russia. we are all trying to work out who can or cannot make it through to the last 16. a world cup without brazil would be a bit like red square without st basil's cathedral... it wasn't must win in st peterburg but their fate is now in their own hands ...for 90 minutes in st petersberg they were frustrated by costa rica, and the referee and his video assistants, but they came good in the end. they are up and running, costa rica are out. the relief at full—time, neymar says it all. it is the greatest stage in football but many of the star names have failed to live up to their billing. take neymar, he failed to score in their opening match, he would probably have scored this but the costa rican midfielder is not quite as prolific. as our‘s wastefulness and the dogged defending meant the only shot on tar

i'm holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre.ve the rest of the day's sport, including: british number one kyle edmund goes in search of his first singles title as he battles for a place in the semi—finals at eastbourne. hello, there. we will be live in kaliningrad shortly, where england and belgium have made a combined 17 changes for that match, but first, we'll get to the two matches completed in group h. all will be revealed in the next couple of hours. ler‘s cross live to kaliningrad and speak to our sports editor, dan roan, ahead of england against belgium. dan, the big talking point, is that their are so many changes. ata at a combined 17 changes from the two managers? absolutely. both these teams have already qualified with two consecutive wins. qualification for the next stage of the world cup is not at stake here this evening. our cameraman will zoom in, because you can see england being put through their paces on the pitch before they get under way in 25 minutes against belgium. here is the team. onlyjordan pickford, jo

i'm holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre — with the rest of the day's sports news, including......y for his opener against benoit paire? and it's a mercedes one—two as lewis hamilton tops the time sheets with a practice double for the austrian grand prix. hello there, a rest day at the world cup, the last 15 days have been full on, especially the last week, with the conclusion of the group stage. sixteen teams are now out, 16 preparing for the knockout stage which starts tomorrow. england will be last up. they face colombia here in moscow on tuesday night. they are now back at theirtraining camp oustide st petersberg after that defeat to belgium in kaliningrad. from repino, here's our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. 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

let's cross to the bbc sports centre now for a round up of the day's sports news with holly hamilton.geria and iceland in action right now in group d — but earlier brazil came close to providing another world cup shocker — let's go straight to moscow now and to 0lly foster... 0lly, brazil left it pretty late didn't they? just a touch. we are halfway through the group stages and we are all trying to work out which teams can go through, what they have to do in their final go through, what they have to do in theirfinal round go through, what they have to do in their final round of matches. brazil are up against it, one point from their opening match against switzerland and it was going into injury time and we thought it was going to be the first goal in a straw. neymar was getting frustrated and was booked for dissent, body had w011 and was booked for dissent, body had won a penalty but that was overturned by the video assistant referee. then could he knew who scored in the opening round match, he put brazil ahead, and you cannot keep a good man down, neymar is off the mark, he burst int

let's get a round up of the day's sport with holly hamilton. good evening.t in 2026, which will be jointly hosted by the united states, canada and mexico. fifa selcted the bid ahead of rival submissions by morocco during today's vote in moscow. the 2026 tournament will be the biggest world cup ever held, with 48 teams playing 80 matches over 3a days. both mexico and the united states have previously hosted world cups. canada staged the women's world cup in 2015. back to this year's world cup now, and spain has sprung a huge surprise just days before the start of their world cup campaign by sacking managerjulen lopetegui. it was announced that he would take over at real madrid at the end of the tournament but the spanish football association was disappointed to find out moments before, with lopetegui having signed a two—year contract extension last month. translation: i don't feel betrayed. during the time he has worked with the national team, lopetegui has done an impeccable job. the national team, lopetegui has done an impeccablejob. this is about the way t

sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. will start with some cricket. england have won the first one—day international against australia at the oval by three wickets. choosing 215 to win, england reach the target with more than six overs to spare. david wiley hitting the winning runs. much more on the website for that. now this time tomorrow, we will have our first results of the 2018 world cup. but today, the focus is on the tournament in 2026, which will be jointly hosted by the united states, canada, and mexico. fifa selected the bid ahead of the submission by morocco during today's vote in moscow. the 2026 bid at one by 134 votes, compared to morocco, and it will be the biggest world cup ever held with 48 teams playing 80 matches over 34 days. both mexico and the united states have previously hosted world cups, while canada staged the women's world cup three years ago. back to this year's tournament, and spain have sacked manager eu and love a techie. just two days before their opening clash with portugal. yesterday was

harry kane's injury—time winner was cheered loudly in volgograd, and here at home, as holly hamiltonrld cup performance, one they probably want to forget. but, with the curtain rising on gareth southgate's campaign in russia, a clean slate. new manager, new captain, new tactics, but other fa ns new captain, new tactics, but other fans feeling confident?” new captain, new tactics, but other fans feeling confident? i am hoping we are going to get through to the semis, yes. we are going to smash our round. quarterfinals, lose the brazil in the quarterfinals. even getting to the round of 16 is going to be an achievement for us. they have played so well so far, i think they will smash it. you never know, we just hope they will smash it. you never know, wejust hope for they will smash it. you never know, we just hope for the best. no celebrations here at half—time, as tunisia levelled the score line. no one said being a football fan was easy. i feel like it wasn't a penalty. tunisia is a team we should be beating quite comfortably. hang in there, england fans. here comes harry kane. you ca

holly hamilton is herewith more sport in the next hour. now, it read... it was fashioned out of toilet paper. it was shared on twitter and was widely condemned, as you can imagine, with students reacting with absolute disgust. the original poster on twitter asked not unreasonably what is wrong with people? today, the university of nottingham posted a whole raft of additional measures to help tackle misogyny, harassment and hate crime. and to make sure that the campus and the city beyond feels as save for stu d e nts the city beyond feels as save for students and staff as possible. for a start, it is recruiting a new pro—vice chancellor for diversity, equality and inclusion. it is talking to students about what initiatives they would like to see, for instance more awareness raising courses, sexual consent workshops and what they call up by standard training. 0na and what they call up by standard training. on a more practical level, the estates team looked after the fabric of the structures of the campus, that team is reviewing night patrols