and we catch up with laura muir as she's given a special honour ahead of next year's european indoorthletics in glasgow. good evening, the england manager gareth southgate has been defending his squad selection for the world cup, saying it's not a gamble. he's also been justifying the tough calls he had to make in leaving some players out. but tonight one of those who didn't make the squad, arsenal midfielderjack wilshere, has hit back. on his official twitter account wilshire said: it goes without saying that i'm naturally incredibly disappointed to have been left out of the england squad for the world cup. i will always be an england fan and will be supporting the boys earlier, southgate had outlined his vision for the squad. maybe it is brave to take players without a number of caps, but i think we're going to give these believe. we have tried to do over the last few months is look at younger players and be brave enough to play them. as i said we are picking him not because they are young but they're the best and their positions and we know they are not the finished article and no

and we catch up with laura muir, as she's given a special honour, ahead of next year's european indoor glasgow. hello, and welcome to sportsday. good evening, last night we poured over gareth southgate's england 23. today, we heard from the manager, as he defended his squad selection for the world cup, and he also justified the tough calls he had to make in leaving players out. joe hart still has an international future, he says, but there are three better keepers ahead of him at the moment. he's in no hurry to pick his captain. and what about that lack of experience, the youthful make up of the squad? it's clear that russia will be no country for old men, and southgate makes no excuses for that. maybe it is brave to take players without a number of caps but we have to give these guys belief. what we've tried to do over the last few months is look at younger players, be brave enough to play them, and as i say, we're picking them not because they're young, but they're the best in their positions. we know they're not the finished article. we know that we don't have the number of caps or