welcome to the hillside here above the stadium in rijeka.at with a match taking place tomorrow behind closed doors, some england fans have been looking at this as a potential vantage point. as you can see, you can geta vantage point. as you can see, you can get a view of some of the pitch, about half of it. it is hardly a front row seat. with increased security, the question is whether fa ns security, the question is whether fans will be able to get even this close. despite the fact that they can't get into the stadium, a number of england fans, as many as 500 in fa ct, of england fans, as many as 500 in fact, they are making the journey here to croatia. earlier on i spoke to one of them from the football supporters federation. there are a lot of people who pride themselves on having witnessed every england game in the flesh and those people are very disappointed by a uefa punishment which effectively punishes the english fans who have had nothing to do with racism. a lot of those people will have tried every opportunity for a vantage point,

likes of luka modric, liverpool's dejan lovren and chelsea's mateo kovacic all taking to the field in rijekaer to his chest but believes any one of his squad can be a match for the world cup finalists. there's nobody in this squad that is here that we are not thinking of putting into the team. it is not experimentation, it is players who we believe in, players 0k experimentation, it is players who we believe in, players ok that in a lot of cases are relatively inexperienced at the highest level, but players we have enjoyed working with that have shown in training this week that they can handle this level, and we will pick a team that we think is the best one to win the game. the football association held what's been described as a "healthy discussion" today about the proposed sale of wembley stadium to american the football association held what's been described as a "healthy discussion" today about the proposed sale of wembley stadium to american billionaire shahid khan. the deal, worth around 900 million pounds, will go to a vote of the fa council on the 24th of october (oov) with around a

that isn't stopping fans making the trip to rijeka.s making the trip despite being unable to get into the stadium to see them play. the england fans, we are not to blame in this. it is the croatia fans. it is them, and asks travelling we are going to try make the best of it. if we can see it, what a story it will be. and geraint thomas, the tour de france champion has had his trophy stolen. it was being displayed at the cycle show in birmingham, along with the other two grand tour trophies having been lent by team sky to their bike supplier pinarelo. police are now trying to recover it. thomas said he hopes whoever took it will have the good grace to return it. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. plenty more there about the stolen trophy and the search for it. let's return to news that a family—run bakery which refused to make a cake with a slogan supporting same—sex marriage — because it was at odds with their religious beliefs — has won its appeal against a discrimination rul

england play croatia in rijeka in their second nations league match tomorrrow after a opening group defeat staff. whilst croatia have already named their starting lineup, gareth southgate feels any team he names will be more than capable of matching the world cup finallists there's nobody in the squad that is here that we're not thinking of putting in the team. it's not experimentation, its players we believe in. players, ok, that, in a lot of cases, are relatively inexperienced at the highest level, but players we've enjoyed working with, have shown in training this week that they can handle this level and we'll pick a team that we think‘s and we'll pick a team that we thinks the best one to win the game. the football association held what's been described as a healthy discussion today about the proposed sale of wembley stadium to american billionaire shahid khan. the deal, worth around £900 million, will go to a vote of the fa council on the 24th of october, with around a two thirds majority needed for the sale to proceed. bbc sport understands the proposal is in the balance, with counci

welcome to rijeka. fans would be arriving in their thousands, but as you can see it's all very quiet here. for the first time ever, and england international behind closed doors for both supporters and players, it promises to be an unusual evening. it's been called the ghost game. what happens when you hold a football match but no one is allowed to watch it? england are about to find out. the last time they met croatia in the world cup semifinal, 80,000 fans were inside. tonight there will be zero. croatia are serving a stadium ban, meaning the match is behind closed doors. for england, and unwanted first. match is behind closed doors. for england, and unwanted firstm match is behind closed doors. for england, and unwanted first. it will bea england, and unwanted first. it will be a strange experience. it's a shame, especially for our travelling fa ns shame, especially for our travelling fans who were brilliant for us all summer fans who were brilliant for us all summerand so fans who were brilliant for

england endured an eerily silent goalless draw with croatia — played behind closed doors in rijeka duestria in vienna. nick parrot rounds—up the action. from the greatest stage, to the quietest. almost 80,000 fans were at the world cup semifinal between england and croatia. three months later there were —— there were officially none. some always find a way to see their side, though. it was an experience they are unlikely to forget, but not for footballing reasons. with no atmosphere both teens looked flat, only the host could muster a shot on target in the first half. that pose more of a threat than marcus rashford could. twice in the space of three minutes the manchester united forward found himself with a goal at his mercy, at least he was spared howls of derision. harry kane's finishing was far better, and fortunately for england he was offside. with a quarter of an hour to gojaden made his much—anticipated debut, a super sub for breezy adornment he cut doucoure asia, had heard it —— harry kane and where ross barkley was england might have one. and said they had to settle for the dr

fans were locked out of the stadium in rijeka because croatia were being punished for the appearance couple of years ago. as for the match, england, hit the post and the bar, and twice marcus rashford forgot how to finish when had only the keeper to beat. and so it was england's 21st century boy, jadon sancho, making his much anticipated debut, who came on as a sub, to add some late sparkle. the first england player to be born this century. i feel like the performance was really positive as a whole. obviously there is a lot of young players in the squad, looking to get their chance, keeping everyone on their chance, keeping everyone on their toes. i think you saw sancho, when he came on, was really positive. had a really positive impactand positive. had a really positive impact and was brave and took people on and that's what you want from young players. northern ireland's nations league hopes suffered a major setback as west ham's marko arnautovic condemned them to a 1—0 defeat in austria. their second defeat in as many games. it's been a brilliant day for england's charley hull in

we are starting in rijeka where england are getting ready to play croatia in their uefa nation ‘s league world cup. what can we expect tonight? first of all, what sort of atmosphere are we going to get this evening? there aren't any fans allowed in this match. that's right. gareth southgate said yesterday is going to be a strange experience. it will be because this is the first time england have ever played an international match behind closed doors, through no fault of their own, it's because croatia are serving a stadium ban. despite that, some fans have still made the journey out here, not huge numbers, but they've been spending the day scouting out various vantage points around the ground, particularly a hillside on one end of the stadium which offers a partial view of the pitch but there is additional security is that might scupper their hopes. it will be interesting to see how the players react. with silk road noise, any comments, any colourful exclamations we might make on the pitch could be picked up by the microphone. it's possible the players have been reminded to what the lang

some fans locked out of the stadium, in rijeka, sat on a hill above the ground...they were shut out,and the bar, and twice marcus rashford, forgot how to finish when he had only the keeper to beat. . .and so it was england's 21st century boy, jadon sancho, making his much anticipated debut, who came on as a sub, to add some late sparkle. the first england player to be born this century.. i feel the performance was ifeel the performance was really positive, on the whole. there are a lot of young players in the squad, whenjadon lot of young players in the squad, when jadon sancho came lot of young players in the squad, whenjadon sancho came on that was really positive, that had a positive impact, he was brave, to people on, one—on—one, that is what you want from young players. northern ireland's nations league hopes, suffered a major setback as west ham's marko arnautovic condemned them to a 1—0 defeat in austria. their second defeat in as many games. sri lanka's king of sling, lasith malinga, ripped through england's resistance, to give the hosts the slight edge in the second one day

fans were locked out of the stadium, in rijeka because croatia were being punished for the appearanced on the hillside. —— this was the scene, a few supporters perched on the hillside. as for the match, england hit the post and the bar and twice, marcus rashford forgot how to finish when had only the keeper to beat, and so it was england's 21st century boy, jadon sancho, making his much—anticipated debut, who came on as a sub to add some late sparkle — the first england player to be born this century. i think the application and the players were superb really. you know, there was no letup in their work ethics throughout the game. defensively, they were really strong. showed good enthusiasm to play. and i thought our performance was really good. so the only disappointment is that we didn't ta ke disappointment is that we didn't take one of the chances that we had. but i'm really pleased with way that we played. northern ireland's nations league hopes suffered a major setback as west ham's marko arnautovic condemned them to a 1—0 defeat in austria, their second defeat in as many games.

england face croatia tomorrow in rijeka and spain in seville on monday. in haifa, having won their opening game in the competition against albania, but mcleish expects a tricky test if they're to make it two wins from two. they haven't won in a wee while, but i know the manager is trying to stamp his personality. we saw the russians in the world cup, they were seven games before that without a victory and all of a sudden they blitz their own world cup. it's difficult enough facing spain at the best of times, but wales will have to do it without star player gareth bale who's out injured. but wales boss ryan giggs hopes he might be back for the nations league match against ireland next week. britain's number one kyle edmund is a step closer to a first atp tour title after reaching the quarter finals of the shanghai masters. edmund, who is ranked 14th in the world, took a tight first set on a tie break before taking the second set 6—2 to beat chile's nicolas yarry. but a tough test awaits if he's to reach the last four, he faces the world number five alexand

allowed in, with many hopeful of finding a vantage point to watch something from ouytside the ground in rijekaing. it is not totally unique, but for a match situation and an international match, very different. i am sure that croatia feel the same. britains‘s katie boulter‘s missed out on the biggest win of her career, losing in three sets to world number six karolina pliskova at the tianjin 0pen, but looks set to break into the world‘s top 100 after reaching the quarter finals. meanwhile, kyle edmund has missed out on a place in the semi finals at the shanghai masters. britain‘s number one was beaten in straight sets by fourth seed alexander zverev, who will now play novak djokovic in the last four. and eddie pepperell leads the british masters at the halfway stage on eight under par after another impressive round at walton heath today. pepperell was joint overnight leader and followed his first round 67 with a solid 69. the highlight was this chip at the eighteenth — one of five birdies. it was a bad day though for one of europe‘s ryder cup heroes tommy fleetwood — he had a share of the lead