they don't kick off until 8pm, lewis irons is at ibrox with more details. ibrox where rangers are set to hose their opponent from cyprus, knowing that three points will see them progress, for the visitors they know they need three points to stay in the competition. they have every right to be confident, they defeated rangers in the reverse fixture in cyprus in october, and that was was for philippe clement was in charge, was started well with six games in charge and no defeats. both teams ready to do battle here in ibrox in this group state preacher, manager is expecting an exciting and challenging opponent. i is expecting an exciting and challenging opponent. i want to create winners, _ challenging opponent. i want to create winners, and _ challenging opponent. i want to create winners, and winners - challenging opponent. i want to create winners, and winners forj challenging opponent. i want to - create winners, and winners for our for me people who always want to win, not one competition or to, but they want to and everything they do. knowing if you can

prague couldn't match that rangers beat them two one at ibrox west ham are top of their group after a nil win over olympiacos, while brighton's second win in a row over ajax has put them in contention of reaching the next stage. for the fifth time in a row. there is no room for raheem sterling in the england squad. gareth southgate is left out the chelsea forward for the euro qualifiers against malta and north macedonia later this month. newcastle's callum wilson has come back in and despite being injury doubts, both james maddison and bukayo saka have been included as well. and while southgate decided against recalling raheem sterling now, he says that doesn't mean he won't in the future. the door is 100% open, not only for raheem, but for other players that aren't in this squad. so there's no doubt about that. i mean, we don't need to know about his his quality, his personality. we've had over the last few years. so i can only repeat what i've said in the last couple of squad selection meetings. the team are playing really well. we had an exceptional win here against italy last time

group on seven points, behind leaders real betis, who are away at sparta prague before the game at ibrox unbeaten run in all competitions. and when people here in the building. iwant and when people here in the building. i want to create winners. and winners are for me people who always want to win, not one competition or two. they want to win everything they do. knowing if you can win that, you make a really big step because you can play in europe afterjanuary. it's an important thing for the club, for the players also, everybody likes to play in europe with all the attention, and all europe watching these games. well, before that rangers game, brighton are away at aek athens... knowing a win will see them progress into the knockouts, as is the case for west ham who will qualify if they beat serbian side batj—kah topola. meanwhile in the europa conference league, aston villa can leapfrog opponents legia warzawa and go top of their group if they win. aberdeen are away at hjk helsinki. you can follow all the scores later on the bbc sport website. staying with football, there's games to co

rangers go into their match against aris limassol of cyprus at ibrox on a nine—match unbeaten run. andht, would secure progress to the knockout rounds. they're currently second in their group, behind leaders real betis, who are away at sparta prague. also tonight, brighton are away at aek athens... knowing a win will see them progress into the knockouts, as is the case for west ham who need to beat serbian side batch—kah topola. and in the europa conference league, aston villa can leapfrog opponents legia warzawa and go top of their group if they win. aberdeen, who can't progress, are away at hjk helsinki. looking to international football now, where's there's two rounds of games remaining in the women's nations league group stage. scotland are away to belgium and wales are at home to iceland, both looking to avoid relagation into league b. northern ireland are in albania, and could still secure promotion to league a via playoffs. for england, there's a crucial game against the netherlands at wembley. jo currie has more from st georges park. the lionesses find themselves in a sticky si

sheila mclaren is at ibrox. matches here which could be enough to seal rangers place in the knockout stages. after tonight pause making they will play in three weeks' time and given that ranges's recent record in the europa league at home they have lost the one for in a row, they will be feeling pretty confident about these matches. tonight's side, level on points, only goals are separating them at the moment with real betis topping food group to points ahead. ranges put under pressure in the czech capital a few weeks ago but came out with a goalless draw and the coach was delighted with his players resilience. now the first game under these lights and their supporters are feeling the same. west ham also kick off at eight o'clock. they're taking on greek side olympiakos who a fortnight ago ended the hammers 17 match unbeaten run in europe. manager david moyes is hoping west ham fans can produce a good atmosphere for the visitors tonight. we are up against one of the better teams we have played in europe at home

clement, todd cantwell scoring what proved to be the winner in a 2—1victory over sparta prague at ibroxgh to improved their net run rate, making it very hard for pakistan or afghanistan to overtake them for a place in the top four. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. the bengaluru pitch was prepared for 100 overs. it didn't get close. sri lanka started fast and lost wickets quicker. crucial perera rapid 51 fell to mitchell santon's hands. a strong combination. sri lanka needed the bravery of their tail end of yourface 91 balls, including this one. ouch. he batted on to make 38 not out. still, new zealand's only needed 172 to win. devin conway didn't hang around. here, another six poor wretch ravindra, the top scorer at this world cup. —— another 64 rachin ravindra. just to prove that the lion didn't always sleep tonight. here it is. but new zealand's winning runs came in the 24th over, pumping when, the twins them secure in fourth and imagining their semifinal. them secure in fourth and imagining theirsemifinal. —— them secure in fourth and imagining their semifinal. —— a them se