sarah rainsford in samara, thank you. how are the fans doing back home?d with some pretty nervous fa ns sunderland with some pretty nervous fans preparing for the big game. it is already getting incredibly noisy. the sun is shining, the crowds are building. this is the sunnyside live music festival in the centre of sunderland and 4000 people are expected throughout the day today, many of them dressed in their england shirts, as you would expect, but during the match, there will be no music. the bands will fall silent. the organisers have put up this big screen, it is showing racing at the moment but later it will show the football. they are late people who have come here to get a seat are getting ready, enjoying a beer. the excitement is building. there is a sense of anticipation and expectation, but also pride. two of the england stars are local lads who grew up in sunderland, jordan pickford and jordan henderson. the crowd are getting behind the team. the countdown is on. less than an hour to go. organisers have told me that they expect to sell 40,000 p

thank you, sarah rainsford.y kane — the tottenham striker is already the leading goal—scorer at the tournament. he's come a long way since his days at school in essex. andy swiss has been to chingford to hear how kane is inspiring a new generation of young fans. skipper, scorer, superstar. and it is in from harry kane again! it's what every young footballer dreams but where did the young harry kane's dreams begin? here, larkswood primary in chingford, where the current crop of harry hopefuls are full of pride for their famous former pupil. he's the best striker in the world. really excited because you wouldn't think that a professional footballer, especially the england captain, came to our school. i really want england to win the world cup. do you think they can win it with harry kane? yes. staff member mrs denney remembers the young harry kane as polite, kind and a finder of lostjewellery. i had this ring and in those days it was slightly looser than it is now. didn't even think about it falling off and all of

many thanks, sarah rainsford. fans on their way in, you would want to get there as soon as possible, not miss a single second of the build—up or the match. let's get the view from croatia now. bethany bell is in zagreb. croatia is a young nation, they only make their world cup debut 20 years ago and have always punched above their weight. i can hear chanting in their weight. i can hear chanting in the background. what is their view? are they confident against england? they are extremely confident. the sense of emotion is really growing in the centre of zagreb. i spoke to several people recently who said you have no idea how important this is for our country. we are a little country, just 4 million people, this shows we can compete on a level with a footballing nation like england and hold our own. hopes are extremely high that they will have victory this evening. all around me today you have seen people in the really distinctive croatian colours, the red and white checked pattern. in this square i saw a couple of

our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been speaking to the prisoners mother.t. they use the prisoner as a punchbag. one by one, first with fists, then their truncheons. 18 guards against one man in handcuffs. this is yevgeny makarov‘s punishment for swearing at a warden. one man beats him so hard he exhausts himself. now that guards and five others have been detained. maxim yablokov has admitted his part in the violence but only after the shocking video was leaked to the press. before then, the victim's official complaint went nowhere. yevgeny‘s mother tells me she cried watching the footage of him being beaten. she is too nervous to show her face but she cannot get the sight and sounds of her son suffering out of their head now. translation: i want everything to be exposed at last and for those men to be judged as they deserve, to be punished. that is what i want. yevgeny has been moved from prison no1 for his own safety. his lawyer, who got hold of the incriminating video, has left russia after being threatened. translation: i want everything to be exposed a

sarah rainsford, now it's time for a look at the weather.s. to warm up away. showers in the west today moving up across northern england and eastern scotla nd northern england and eastern scotland as we go through the night. further showers pushing towards the southin further showers pushing towards the south in the early part of tomorrow morning. in between, clearspells, and afairly morning. in between, clearspells, and a fairly cool night across parts of scotland. warm up across the south—east, where we will start tomorrow with outbreaks of showery rain, pushing away and things brightening up. the eastern half of the country will have a dry day with spells of sunshine. further west, still cloud and the odd shower. in northern ireland and scotland outbreaks of rain through the day. 17 celsius in glasgow. 25 celsius in london. good afternoon. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: legal permission will no longer be required to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state as long as there is agreement between families and doctors. t

our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in the russian capital. locals supporting croatia or france in today's final? what could have been. we will not talk about that. it will be interesting to see how the russians are going to go to be well they go croatia or france this morning?” think the answer is fairly clear. i am talking to russians on the streets. even yesterday in a shopping more, one of the assistance said my friend should be supporting france. there is not a lot of love—in russia for croatians. i think it is safe to say a lot of russian football fans will be in the stadium tonight backing france. of course, a lot of people keep saying it is all about the football. we just want to see a great game. that is very true for the majority of people. looking around today, there are not that many football fans in the square. the huge crowd of international supporters has started to return home. some england fans are in town and some will be at the final. not many french. but a lot of croats. i think there is one clear winner in the world cup, t

we canjoin sarah rainsford in red square in moscow. and hundreds of fa ns we know... hundreds and hundreds of fans trying to make their way there. is the atmosphere building? good morning. it is. we've talked before about how few england fans have been here for the tournament so far but their numbers are definitely growing. there's this mad rush to moscow going on now with people flying in, getting here however they can at whatever cost they can afford. then comes the manhunt for tickets. there are relatively few tickets available via the official fifa worksite —— mad hunt. people are trying to get street tickets at extraordinary costs at times. people are desperate to be in the stadium for the semi—final. you may remember these two people from previous appearances on breakfast, building and learn from london, when we last spoke we we re from london, when we last spoke we were on the beach in samara, this time it is moscow, chile, but you have tickets for the semi—final? we luckily got onto the website at around 7pm moscow time and they

our correspondent sarah rainsford is with some england fans in the centre of moscow. joins us now. ake, tell us more about the atmosphere in the england camp? huge expectations of course but the colombia, the same. i am outside the stadium in moscow. look at these crowds, the vast majority at these crowds, the vast majority at these crowds, the vast majority at the moment, a couple of hours ahead of the cake of our the colombians. they have their faces painted, they are in the funny hats and they are in the majority. but england fans are starting to arrive. we have seen them all day in the centre of moscow and red square with their flags centre of moscow and red square with theirflags and centre of moscow and red square with their flags and their songs and hopes of calls as well. we brought together both sides, not quite a football match but an encounter between fans. let's get a sense of the mood. just tell us, this is a huge match for both of you, your expectations this time?|j huge match for both of you, your expectations this time? i am really scared, it is a great game and i ho

rights groups say it exposes a culture of institutionalised violence. 0ur moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford there are distressing images from the start of this report. they use the prisoner as a punchbag. 0ne they use the prisoner as a punchbag. one by one, first with feasts, then their transients. 18 guards against one man. this was the swearing at a warden. 0ne one man. this was the swearing at a warden. one man beats him so hard he exhausts himself. now that guards and five others have been detained. 0ne and five others have been detained. one has admitted his part in the violence but only after the shocking video was leaked to the press. before then, the victims official complaint went nowhere. his mother told me she cried watching the footage. she is the nervous to show herface footage. she is the nervous to show her face but footage. she is the nervous to show herface but she footage. she is the nervous to show her face but she cannot get the site and sounds of her son suffering out of their head down. translation: i wa nt of their head down. translation: i want everything to be expos

i am sarah rainsford in the stadium in samara where the sun is shining, the stands are filling up istement is building.

sarah rainsford reports.tion has not been huge body is extremely passionate. pension reform is an issue that many russians feel very strongly about. it is something that has been delayed by governments here for many years, but finally it has been announced and it has sparked protests across russia. at this one, they have been shouting things including shame, they have been calling this theft. they are saying this is a stab in the back, and end of the social contract between the government and the people. it is a very diverse crowd here but they all united in one idea, and that is that they think this pension reform is long. yeah, i think that it is not normal to work until you die, so for oui’ normal to work until you die, so for our country, it is something unusual when the president and other people who make a decision for our country and make it without people's opinion. i think it is terrible, this, this way how our government is treating people. the government says that this reform is essential, that it

sarah rainsford reports. not been huge but it is extremely passionate. pension reform is an issue that many russians feel very strongly about. it's something that has been delayed by governments here for many, many years, but finally it's been announced and it sparked protests across russia. at this one, people have been shouting things including shame, they're calling this theft. they're saying it's a stab in the back, its the end of the social contract between the government and people. it's a very diverse crowd but all united by one idea, and that is that they think this pension reform is wrong. yeah, i think it's not normal to work until you die, so for our country it's something unusual when our president and other people who make decisions for our country make without people's opinion. i think it's terrible, this way how our government are treating our people. the government insists that this reform is essential, that it is simply unable to carry on paying so many pensions, but 80% of russians, accordin

sarah rainsford reports.n huge but it is extremely passionate. pension reform is an issue many russians feel very strongly about. it has been delayed by governments here for many years but finally it's been announced and it sparked protests across russia. at this one people have been shouting things including shame, calling this theft. they're saying it's a stab in the back, the end of a social contract between the government and people. it's a very diverse crowd but all united by one idea, that they think this pension reform is wrong. i think that it's not normal to work until you die, so for our country it's something unusual when our president and other people who make decisions for the country make it without people's opinion. i think it's terrible, this way, how our government are treating people. the government insists this reform is essential, that it's unable to carry on paying so many pensions, but 80% of russians, according to one poll, disagree. president putin has tried to distance himself from th

our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is outside the ground. imagine nobody wants to mess. who do you think are the more confident sets of fans?” would have to say that talking to a fair number of them, the england fa ns fair number of them, the england fans are extremely confident. talking to them all day today, i haven't heard one admit england might lose this. lots of them saying it could be close but they think colombia will be no walkover but they cannot admit england might lose. the colombians pretty confident, too. they have been talking about a 2—0, 1—0 victory. they are here in huge numbers, we have just heard their anthem. i think... there we go, god save the queen coming out of the top of the spartak stadium in moscow. both sides determined that this is the match they can and will win. huge expectations, huge pressure on both sides. colombia has been in a quarterfinal much more recently than england. they have all of it to prove. the fans hope they can do that tonight. it's been a festive atmosphere here, lots of dancing and singing,

sarah rainsford caught up with two england fa ns to rainsford caught up with two england fans to seeught of england's chances as they head closer to the final. they seriously high spirits as you might expect. this has been an incredible quarterfinal for england, the this has been an incredible quarterfinalfor england, the night that many people here didn't think they would see but look how they are celebrating, dancing and singing. they are still coming out of the stadium, lots of people don't want to leave the arena. this is where it happened, this is where england secured its place in the world cup semifinal, the first in 28 years, a couple of the fans experiencing the atmosphere and loving the game, this isa atmosphere and loving the game, this is a great one for england? it's an awful long time i've waited to see this, a long, long time, 40 odd years. you didn't have tickets a few days ago, you just arrived in russia. zayatte thursday. what brought you here? we managed to get tickets. we flew into rome and flew over to moscow, unbelievable, just had to get tickets to get here bec

our correspondent sarah rainsford is in samara where yesterday's match took place.emely dedicated england fans we have been meeting over the past couple of days in samara, but they are pretty pleased that they made the investment because for a lot of people, they did not think england would get this far. as soon as they were sitting on the sofa or in the pub back home watching england progress and watching the team perform, a lot of them started scrambling to get tickets, as you say, to spend a small fortune to get here and to experience the moment. but the moment i think has been well worth it, they would say. in fact, they have been saying it. huge, jubilant crowds here at the stadium itself. extremely pleased with the performance. this morning in samara, i think it is fair to say a fair few bleary eyes and sore heads as the celebrations went on well into the night. you know, amongst those england fans, there was one rather unusual person, a man who bore more than a striking resemblance to perhaps the most popular person among england fans and probably a lot of pe

and our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is in red square in moscow. hours, the atmosphere has been building and the crowd is growing. a huge number of croatian and french fans, but also the majority of people here are a russian, because this is a vast stadium with 80,000 seats, and a lot of locals are here to enjoy the match. and we have found one man who looks like he might be supporting france. it that of a giveaway in your body paint! you are russian but your body paint! you are russian but you backing france. i am russian but i live in france, and i feel i have to support the french team because they have performed very well. unfortunately, russia was kicked off, so me and my wife here together to support the french team, we hope they will win. lots of people are saying they are supporting france because croatia kicks rush out of the world cup. no, i don't think so, but all my colleagues and friends are supporting france. i am an ambassador of my french colleagues here in russia. you are clearly very committed to the french team. how long did it t

let's speak to our correspondent, sarah rainsford who is in samara.those england fans, many of them spent thousands of pounds getting there. i guess they will think that is money well spent. yes, some extremely dedicated england fa ns some extremely dedicated england fans that we've been meeting over the past couple of days, they are pretty pleased that they make that investment because this was, for a lot of people, they did not think england will get this far and as soon as they were sitting on their sofas or the pub watching england progress and perform, a lot of them started scrabbling to get tickets, spending a small fortune to get it and to experience the moment. the moment i think has been well worth it. they have been saying a huge jubilant crowd here, at the stadium himself, extremely pleased with the performance and this morning, in samara, ithink performance and this morning, in samara, i think it is fair to say that the bleary eyes and saw heads as the celebrations went on well into the night. amongst those england fans, there was one of r

and our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in red square in moscow for us now.mely confident ahead of this game and extremely enthusiastic about being in the final. this is red square filled with the flags of croatia and the french as well. it seems like it is the croatians in the majority but although there have been fans from both teams and all over the world. are you confident? yes. 1-0, 0k. even though france are the favourites? france today, cry and go home. you have just heard favourites? france today, cry and go home. you havejust heard it, the french will be crying today apparently. i have heard the french are extremely confident, one man telling me he had taken his french flag to the world cup in france in 1998 and he was confident 20 years later it will be france taking the cup home this time again. kind of build up for the match itself, russia got knocked up, is it still a major event from russia? it is. you have just seen some of the images on red square, it is normally full of tourists, but not from 32 countries, so tourists, but not from 32 countri

who's at the luzhniki stadium where tonight's game is being played, but first let's speak to sarah rainsfordho's with england fans in central moscow. the fans who have travelled there, what's the mood? the mood is extremely positive. there has been a great party atmosphere here. we know that throughout the tournament, they have not been that many england fans here in russia, they have not travelled so much with the team because there was the fear of russia, hooliganism, and the politics as well. as the tournament has gone on and the team has done better and better, the cloud has grown. particularly for the semifinal. we have seen people scramble to get here, a mad dash to moscow. i have talked to people today who have gone to great lengths today who have gone to great lengths to make sure they have got here, flights via multiple countries, for five different countries to get here. they stay in places like a dance studio which has been converted into a hostel, and paying enough a lot of money, some of them, on the streets, to get tickets because the official ticket are pretty well sold out. t

our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in red square for us now. hello. good morning to you.f football activity ahead of the big match. there is. you can see the fans here and pretty big numbers now. the england fans have mostly headed home but the french are here in big numbers, increasing all the time. i have been talking to people arriving overnight and this morning, like the england fa ns and this morning, like the england fans arriving for the semifinal, the french fans have taken flights through multiple countries to be here. they are hoping it could be the day 20 years after france last won the world cup that they could bring the cup home. i have been speaking to croatian fans as well extremely confident, saying it is a tiny nation, a dream for them, just over 4 million people in croatia, but a massive footballing nation, they say they have a big heart. you looking forward to today? do you think you might win? manage to find that only croats who do not speak english! they have all been confident, saying they fancy their chances against france. are you going to win? i h

and our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is also in samara, getting reaction from fans. are in high spirits here as you might expect, this has been an incredible quarterfinal for england and many people did not think they would seek, and many people are celebrating dancing and seeing a new. lots of people are coming out still, do not want to leave the arena. this is where england secured its place in the world cup semifinal. the first one in 28 years. a couple of the fans who were there experiencing the atmosphere and loving the game, this isa atmosphere and loving the game, this is a great one for england. it is an awful long time, a long—time. a0 odd yea rs. awful long time, a long—time. a0 odd years. you do not even have tickets to this a few days ago. you just arrived in russia. thursday. we got the tickets and flew into rome and flew into moscow. we had to get here because it has been so fantastic. and now we are here until thursday. so hopefully we are here for the semifinals now. you are not going home surely? we are not going home, if we made it to be semifinals

david 0rnstein, bbc news, saint petersburg. 0ur moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in the russiansarah, are the locals supporting croatia or france in today's final? england will not win. croatia or france. in some ways, after the build up, talk of possible trouble ahead of the world cup, in many ways, russia will regard itself as the winners. i think that is right. a lot of coverage of many of the problems in russia, the politics, the hugely difficult relationship between the uk and russia. as you mentioned, the problems of hooliganism and racism in russia. that has not gone away. there are problems with that in russia. but the world cup focus has been different. the whole country, moscow in particular, has in transformed by the event. we have talked to people saying it is notjust foreigners seeing a different russia, the russians themselves. we will put that in context. before the world cup, if anyone came to the red square and try to unfurl a flag, i have seen team flags unfurled here, they would be stopped immediately by police. it is seen as political activity. for the last m

first off, sarah rainsford is in samara.e on the beach on the river volga, which is where a lot of fans have been co—creating as they build up the big match. that of course includes england fans. we have a group of them on the bench from various places. you can see rotherham here. we have a rather than and a sheffield wednesday fan here, usually big rivals but they are here for the england game. you arrive at the last minute. tell us what brought you here? it basically took us 24 hours to arrive. my brother—in—law came and it were a moment that we needed to live and to do. we have come to enjoy the atmosphere of the world cup and hopefully get a result. and one of your friends left his hopefully get a result. and one of yourfriends left hisjob hopefully get a result. and one of your friends left his job to be here. it is a big moment for england. yes, he had been out to the belgian game but they wouldn't let him have the time off, so he left. i am his uncle. a huge moment for everyone. give me your predictions. we are taking

our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in samara where the match takes place.to you on these match days. you give us so much insight into these cities which there is no reason for us to know much about, really. samara is another one. i am much about, really. samara is another one. iam in much about, really. samara is another one. i am in the centre. for this world cup, the complete city centre has been closed off to traffic. the fans and local people arejust enjoying traffic. the fans and local people are just enjoying the competition. it is extraordinary. there is a great scene on the beach near here. a massive river flows through the city. several other world cup cities as well. they have a nice beach. it has been so hot many football fans are down they are enjoying a local delicacy, beer. there is a brewery in town. what better to hope for. the crowds are not that huge. not many england fans in russia. what they lack in numbers they definitely make upfor they lack in numbers they definitely make up for in hope. they are desperately hoping this could be engla

our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is in samara, where the match takes place.nd a beach on the banks of the river volga. are they football fa ns banks of the river volga. are they football fans behind you? i guess they are probably russia fans because they are playing today, as well. it is notjust russians who have been on the beach in samara with a lot of england and sweden fa ns with a lot of england and sweden fans enjoying the sunshine. there might bea fans enjoying the sunshine. there might be a heat wave at home but there is won—macro in samara, also and apparently the river is warm. they say 20 degrees. the cameraman has been in up to his knees. we have england fans who made it to samara only this morning. melvin and lynne. you got a ticket at the last minute andjumped on you got a ticket at the last minute and jumped on the playing? you got a ticket at the last minute andjumped on the playing? we did, booked on thursday while at work and it was like, you got tickets, id, bought flights, let's go. left on friday morning. and you just made it in the middl

our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in samara where the match takes place. beach. you said you wa nted you are on the beach. you said you wanted to see more of samara. we have taken it to the beach. this is a river, not the ocean. inflows through here. this is the spot where locals and football fans have gotten ready for the match by enjoying themselves. this is where the fans have in enjoying the sunshine and the other speciality, the local beer. there is a famous rare. people are going through and enjoying the beer itself. —— brewery. lots of expectations, especially for england fans. they have been singing in the bars in the night. i have to tell you, the swedish are positive about their chances. they have said they will be sending england home. it is all to play for. the pressure on the english team is enormous. the attem pts english team is enormous. the atte m pts to english team is enormous. the attempts to get to the first semi—final for attempts to get to the first semi—finalfor england attempts to get to the first semi—final for england in attempts

our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in samara where the match took place.g great this morning. that is all i can say. ours is a hangover after celebrations last night? i suspect there are some saw head of the england heads here. it is an extremely quiet sunday morning here after a very, very exuberant crowd of england found —— fans poured out of the arena to celebrate the victory they had been hoping and dreaming of. they were not convinced they could get it until they did, but it was a great moment for the fans, footballing history. he'd talk about it is the footballjournalist for the independent, and you have been covering the whole tournament. from a footballing perspective, how well do they do last night?m from a footballing perspective, how well do they do last night? it was probably england's was complete performance of the world cup so far. they are steadily improving every game and that continued yesterday's match. they were nerveless. if you compare it with england world cup quarter—finals in the past in 2002 or 2006, this had none of the tension o

just uttering that vary sentence is quite exciting for an england fan. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsfordn took place yesterday afternoon. there are one or two people in possession of a rather sore head this morning. i think so. a few bleary eyed english fans around this morning. a very slow start this morning. it is eerily quiet, not like we have seen the last few days. that is because the last few days. that is because the celebrations were going on well into the night. a huge fans —— huge numbers of england fans, but they have been very vocal. they saw them cruise pretty much to 2—0 victory over sweden. a couple lucky fans among the crowd with me this morning. he got tickets at the last minute and got to the quarter—final. how was it? it was great, certainly worth the experience and the expense. england played really well, it it was a result we were expecting to see. fans like you are not used to see. fans like you are not used to seeing england in a quarter—final doing that easily, having such an easy ride. how was it? it was fantastic. the atmosphere was amazing. all the fans were be

our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford is in samara where the match took place. or two england fans wandering around conscious that they may have overindulged last night. yes, a few bleary eyes and saw heads in samara this morning. it was an incredible atmosphere in the stadium as you just saw the and also a great atmosphere here in town last night. although fingered fans celebrating the moment, 2—0 against sweden. a moment some of them probably didn't dare to dream of before this began. wejoin this morning by neil, he is a pilot in normal life, you bear a striking with them a rather popular man in england. a little bit, few people have been telling me over the years and mr southgate has got into this new position and i thought, well, why not wear the waistcoat and vitae and have a bit of fun? you are working bee looks. it is an extremely popular look. apparently the waistcoat are taking off now. i had to go to some different branches of the store to get one. you do not have the message and prodigious yet, but tell me about the teen comedy performance. iu fuzzing

sarah rainsford is in moscow. i cannot see an england flag behind you but i can see someone else's.to say. this is the gordons from london. your seventh game, how important is it? biggest match for 12 years. how you feeling? nervous. two or three beers first. confident at the same time. we went to the panama game and england were fantastic. we were nervous for that game but it was good to see a younger side, a lot more confidence and a new manager, fresh ideas. no wayne rooney. no one was expecting 6-1 wayne rooney. no one was expecting 6—1 against panama, what about against colombia? we will still do all right. 3—0 i reckon. kane will score. we are having trouble competing with the band here. the loud noises are you all the time. there is a party atmosphere. this has been an amazing world cup with a great atmosphere and as far as the russian fans are concerned, that is pa rt russian fans are concerned, that is part of it. you can see the columbia fancier. the turnstiles are open, the crowd is beginning to build the crucial match for both of these teams. it is this or go home. you'r

sarah rainsford has been meeting fans in moscow.own. there are also more and more england fans who have been coming to moscow trying to join in this football party as it has gone along. there were not that many in the beginning but the crowd is growing as england has reached the semifinal. i have the fancier and have come from manchester, you just arrived this morning? yes, about 1230 and moscow, via italy. it was sort of last—minute, we decided after the quarterfinal we would try and come out. we have been to most england games since 1996, give it up after the iceland ‘s tobacco but decided to give it another go. they play good football, interesting to watch and more enjoyable because this seems a bit more passion. watch and more enjoyable because this seems a bit more passionlj this seems a bit more passion.” guess you were around in 1990?” was. quite excited, it is a big game the first time since i've been going to football. how have you found the mood? great. that is why we come, as much as what is on the pitch, we have friends

sarah rainsford is in moscow and has the latest for us. not much pressure?ietly confident. we have been talking to some england and colombia fancier in numbers. this is red square, the first england game that will be played in moscow. it is definitely the colombian fans and the majority but england fans are starting to appear, wearing the colours and bringing out the flanks. there are a few might be able to catch. generally they are quite optimistic. talking about a young team, good results and tactical genius by losing to belgium. starting to think perhaps for the first time since 2006 and england might make it to a quarterfinal. perhaps even beyond. some flags about, aston villa there are and wolves so the midlands are represented. a lot of people from the black country. give us a quick as, how confident are you? it is coming home. we went 3—0.” as, how confident are you? it is coming home. we went 3-0. i think wales will win. just two for harry. pretty confident the england fans, not only huge numbers yet but what's people saying if england progressed bey

let's go live to moscow where i'm joined by our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, but first let'sespondent richard conway who is at the luzhniki stadium where england will meet croatia tonight. there will be 80,000 people packed into these stands in a little under eight hours from now. very quiet here at the moment, getting the pitch ready, they will start installing the goalposts and they are painting the lines. even watching paint dry today's exciting. and england have not been in this position for a very long time. it's 1990 was the last time they got to this point, losing to west germany on penalties. 52 years since 1966, when they famously won. can they do it again tonight? they are training not far from where we are. final preparations under way. gareth southgate and its team know the opportunity that lie before them. england savoured victory in moscow last week, now they are back in town and determined to stick around for final. it's 28 years since new 0rder‘s world cup anthem, world in motion. back in 1990, croatia didn't even exist as a country and it's an entire generati

sarah rainsford has been speaking to the prisoner's mother and there are distressing images from thesed the prisoner as a punching bag. one by one, first with fists, and then with truncheons. 18 guards against one man in handcuffs. this is the punishment for swearing at a warden. one man beats him so hard he exhausts himself. now that guard and five others have been detained. this man has admitted his part in the violence, but only after the shocking video was leaked to the press. before then, the victim's official complaint went nowhere. his mother tells me she cried watching the footage of him being beaten. she is too nervous to show her face. but she can't get the sight and sound of her son's suffering out of her head now. translation: her son's suffering out of her head now. translationzlj her son's suffering out of her head now. translation: i want everything to be exposed at last, and for those men to bejudged as to be exposed at last, and for those men to be judged as they deserve, to be punished, that is what i want. he has been moved from prison number one for his own safety

sarah rainsford is in moscow this morning. this is a very big day for england football. it is.day of course. but talking to the fans in moscow, they are at allowing themselves a little bit of hope in england can progress through this world cup, and it is down to today's opponent, colombia, because 22 years ago when they last took on longer in ago when they last took on longer in a well cut, it was david beckham who was the hero then. he freekick taking england to victory over colombia. hurricane presumably hoping he can channel a little bit of that dated back a magic against colombia in moscow. the captain has been talking about his team and preparing for this game ahead of the match. nervous, they are excited, there is a good chance they can score, there is a bit of pressure, but that is why i like to have a routine because i know every penalty itake, in routine because i know every penalty i take, in training or in the game, lam going i take, in training or in the game, i am going through the same motions, same steps, same grieving. that is the best way to me to have the best