yes, steve clark said that when the _ expecting?when the draw _ expecting? yes, steve clark said that when the draw was - expecting? yes, steve clark said that when the draw was made, l expecting? yes, steve clark said i that when the draw was made, a lot of people were trying to talk germany down that scotland was going to be playing them at the right time. he said at the time of the draw he knew it was going to be a tough match. he said nothing has made him change his mind about that. robertson was asked about germany. he said it was no secret that germany were going to dominate possession he name checked tony cross, one of the best midfielders, if not the best made field or in the world. he said they would just have to try to keep the ball and try to frustrate germany as much as possible. he reiterated the pressure will be on germany because this is their home match at their home tournament and it's the very first one. the german manager hasjust finished speaking to the media and seem to have just as much respect for scotland. th

jane dougall was in munich to hearfrom head coach steve clarke and liverpool defender andy robertson.erestingly said that there was an edge to their last training session this morning because they knew that it was going to be the last one. afterwards, they then travelled from garmisch—partenkirchen up here to munich. they've started to settle in, of course, in preparation for tomorrow. and thousands of fans you might have seen them have been waiting for them here in munich. they've pretty much taken over the central square in the city centre. i asked andy robertson how he felt about that. we'll hearfrom him in a moment. but most importantly, the scotland manager, steve clarke, said that everybody was fully fit, flying and raring to go. we know it's a big game, but for us it's the opening game. 14 section, three matches. we know what we have to do to qualify this section, and that's all we are focused on. the enormity of the opening game and whoever, that's a little bit of a sideshow and hopefully we don't get too involved in that. one of the mantras i've always had is respect everyone

steve clarke said he had listened to a _ football.ew of _ football. steve clarke said he had listened to a few of the _ football. steve clarke said he had listened to a few of the players i listened to a few of the players whose opinion he valued about what they could change for the rest of they could change for the rest of the tournament. he also said that he was dealing with the players in very different ways, and that he had spoken to them all individually. one of those players, of course, is ryan porteous, who was given a straight red card after his dangerous challenge on ilkay gundogan, which of course led to a penalty against scotland. irate of course led to a penalty against scotland. ~ ,, ., ., ., scotland. we know what went wrong. as with the's — scotland. we know what went wrong. as with the's what _ scotland. we know what went wrong. as with the's what went _ scotland. we know what went wrong. as with the's what went wrong - scotland. we know what went wrong. as with the's what went wrong on - scotland. we know what went wr

steve clarke there, result would be lovely. steve clarke there. ahead _ result would be lovely.ig game i there, ahead of their big game tomorrow. just before we go — two cara 3—1 against georgia, some cracking goals there. it's on the iplayer and the website and the app to get the highlights is will stop we're building up to portugal's opener, against czech republic. teams arriving, 39—year—old cristiano ronaldo leading the line for portugal. history beckons for him — by appearing in a sixth european championship. if he scores too — he will also become the tournament's oldest—ever scorer. several other premier league stars, including bruno fernandes, bernardo silva and ruben dias in the portugal squad. some familiar names for people to be looking out for. roberto martinez in charge of them. that match brings the curtain down on the first round of group games. coverage starts just after 7.30, on bbc one, the iplayer and the bbc sport website. that's it from us here on sports day, thanks for watching as ever, and we'll see you next time. hello there. good evening. a few heavy thun

and jane, steve clark, the manager. _ home here.jane, steve clark, the manager, started pretty- the manager, started pretty optimistic regarding getting out of the group and the squad, the way they qualified, there is no doubting up, but the third place potentially with the death of the knockouts, they have to be confident, right? i would say quietly confident, scotland have never got out of the group stages of a major tournament ever, so this is probably their best chance of ever doing it. there are six groups of four, the top two in each group automatically qualified but that the four of the best third placed countries also go through. steve clark does not want to depend on finishing third place but he spoke about his hopes of reaching the knockout stages. the bottom line is we need four points— the bottom line is we need four points to — the bottom line is we need four points to come out of the group, it guarantees — points to come out of the group, it guarantees to come out of the group, almost _ guarantees to come out of the gr

it is the final - tune-up for steve clarke and gareth tune—up for steve clarke and gareth southgate asne of the european championships, winning her heat in rome. good afternoon. let's start in paris where it's men's semifinals day at the french open. alexander zverev is in action in the second semifinal but we've had the news hours ago that the german tennis player's trial over domestic abuse allegations made by his former girlfriend has been discontinued. the agreement includes a monetary condition of 200,000 euros, with the player not found guilty of any wrongdoing. for more on this, i spoke to our tennis correspondent russell fuller who's at roland garros. this is the result of a decision that was made last october, initially, that alexander zverev should be issued with a penalty orderfor bodily harm against his ex—girlfriend. he was also fined 450,000 euros after allegations of physical abuse. he contested those charges and was then seen as innocent under the eyes of german law and a trial began in berlin last friday. as of today, those proceedings are over. it has been terminated

it was a very honest steve clarke that we heard from earlier.of himself, saying that he got it wrong against germany. he also said that he knew what he had got wrong. he said that it was his job as manager to turn up to front up to the media and to answer all of our questions, which he did do. he said that there were no excuses after that very heavy defeat to germany and that he was still tidying up loose ends after a very bad night. when you lose a game 5—1, you have to take all the criticism that comes. you have to respond. the good thing for me is, been in this position before, it's a roller—coaster of emotions. they understand they've let everybody down. they're disappointed. but they know they have to be ready and up for the next game because that's the nature of being involved in football. clark said that he had listened to a few of the players whose opinions that he valued about what they could change for the rest of the tournament. he also said that he was dealing with the players in very different ways, and that he had spoken to them al

i think it is time for steve clark - absolutely gutted.to go, to | absolutely gutted. i think it is i time for steve clark to go, to be honest. he's done his bit. we have gone to a major tournament and underperformed together. maybe it is time for new faces to come in. i think that feeling is a feeling shared by some of the scotland fans, certainly those who are very angry after the defeat last night. questions will be asked about steve clark, of course, but remember he has got scotland to two euros in a row. there will be a decision for himself tim make. he has not made a secret of the fact he would like to go back to club management. i think he will take time to reflect, and scottish football will take time to reflect on another disappointing euros campaign. late drama too in the other game in group a as hosts germany needed an injury time equaliser to draw 1—1 against switzerland. the swiss thought they were going through to the last 16 as group winners after an early goal from dan ndoye, but niclas fullkrug's header means it is the ger

steve clarke said four points. goal difference i stages? 50-50. steve clarke said four points.ee how we go-— hopefully take it to hungry and see how we go. hopefully take it to hungry and see howweao. ., ., ,, ., how we go. thank you for speaking to us, sadl how we go. thank you for speaking to us. sadly you — how we go. thank you for speaking to us. sadly you do _ how we go. thank you for speaking to us, sadly you do not _ how we go. thank you for speaking to us, sadly you do not get _ how we go. thank you for speaking to us, sadly you do not get any - how we go. thank you for speaking to us, sadly you do not get any points i us, sadly you do not get any points forfan support or us, sadly you do not get any points for fan support or scotland might win a treatment or two. you're in frankfurt for england play on thursday but for now it is all attention to scotland playing switzerland. england have also trained this morning but behind closed doors in erfurt they next play denmark in frankfurt on thursday — a repeat of the semi final three years ago, when england won 2—1 after ext

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steve clark set a target of four points. scotland now face switzerland and hungary.p, switzerland. we've arguably had the most eye catching result at the euros so far today — not many would have predicted romania beating ukraine by three goals to nil, but that's how it finished in munich, thanks to three moments of individual brilliance. jo curry was watching. the message from back home was defiant, show that ukraine is still standing. defiant, show that ukraine is still standin. defiant, show that ukraine is still standinu. ., �* defiant, show that ukraine is still standinu. .,�* , , standing. football won't stop us, but it will give _ standing. football won't stop us, but it will give the _ standing. football won't stop us, but it will give the people - standing. football won't stop us, but it will give the people of - standing. football won't stop us, | but it will give the people of their country some small pleasure over the next few weeks. country some small pleasure over the next few weeks-— next few weeks. whilst ukraine brou . ht next few weeks. whilst ukrain

they will feel incredibly down about that result, agonising wait to and the euro 2024 campaign for steve clarkhere at this fan zone, joys with thoughts of singing, joining in with thoughts of singing, joining in with lots of the songs being belted out from the terraces in germany, people getting into the spirit, dancing, kicking every ball with the team, wasn't enough. looking out onto the crowd here, the faces of those watching the game at full—time, devastation, the late goal going and ending the campaign for scotland, the campaign that promised so much going into tonight's game, a chance to get four points, potentially put themselves in with a chance of getting out of the group, was not to be, the mood here, just devastation, as i said. no shortage of support, always a fantastic group of fans who follow their team around the world but where do scotland need to make changes? where do scotland need to make chances? , ., , where do scotland need to make chances? , . , changes? there will be a big debate about the future _ changes? there will be a big debate about the future of _ changes? there

here's their manager steve clarke. understand, it's a cruel game. you have to suffer.suffer with the tartan army. we suffer with the people back home in scotland. we all suffer. we all suffer the same. but then you have to lick your wounds. you have to refresh yourself. and you have to go again. because it can't be 26 years before we go to another major tournament overseas. and that's got to be the next ambition. as for hungary — after losing theirfirst two games, that win in stuttgart gives them renewed hope that they can scrape into the knockout stages. it was obviously going to be nervous. both sides, everything is on the line for the whole countries. we had a lot more attempts on goal. i thought they had a bit more possession but in areas where it didn't affect us. um, and yeah, we, ithink after trying for so many times it has to come our way. and it did in the final minutes. the defending champions england made very light of the usa as they became the first side to reach the t20 world cup semi—finals. chrisjordan took four wickets in a single over, that included a

scotland not out of it yet — a win over hungary on sunday could still earn steve clarke's side a lastlsewhere on wednesday, albania rescued a late point against croatia, in the opening match of the day. klaus gjasula scored at both ends, including the equaliser to make it 2—2 deep in stoppage time. england are getting ready for their second match of the tournament when they meet denmark on thursday. fans have started gathering in frankfurt. gareth southgate�*s side made a winning start to the campaign when they beat serbia 1—0 on sunday. they scored early through jude bellingham, but found themselves under pressure in the second half. southgate says the squad will have learnt plenty from match day one. we know that we can play better than we did the other day. but i thought the players in what is an incredibly pressurised moment started the game exceptionally well and defended brilliantly throughout the whole game. and i think they will be betterfor that game. i think they will be better for having a game under their belt is not physically they will be better for having a lot of playe

steve clarke's side could make it through to the knockout stages of a major tournament for the firstime if they can claim victory over hungary, and this shows you just how tight it is. germany have already qualified courtesy of their two victories, while the goal difference of switzerland should see them through regardless, so if scotland can claim all three points it should be enough to see them take one of the best third placed positions and progress to the last 16. let's take a look at the scotland team, accounced around 30 minutes ago. scott mckenna is in — he places the injured kieran tierney. tierney was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with the hamstring injury he suffered against switzerland. mctominay and mcginn vital, with andy robertson and anthony ralston getting down the flanks to provide the service to che adams and co. let's get more now from jane dougall in stuttgart. the fans are filling up the stadium. we can see saltires a trip to the ground, and as you can hear, there is already singing going on, there is already singing going on, there is one unsupportivej

. _ to get to a tournament, it has been so long, steve clarke and his players — so long, steve clarkethe last euros in— players have managed to do that, the last euros in 2020, so this was about— last euros in 2020, so this was about coming in with the real belief and hope _ about coming in with the real belief and hope and expectation to get out of the _ and hope and expectation to get out of the group. if scotland get out of the group, — of the group. if scotland get out of the group, it would be massive. kevin _ the group, it would be massive. kevin de — the group, it would be massive. kevin de bruyne inspired belgium to theirfirst win of kevin de bruyne inspired belgium to their first win of the tournament on saturday, scoring as they beat romania 2—0, to remove the pressure after they lost to slovakia in the opener. but the boss wanted more goals. edi opener. but the boss wanted more coals. .., , opener. but the boss wanted more coals. , ., ., goals. of course, important are the three points. _ goals. of course, important are the three points, but _ goals. of course, important ar

steve clarke's side kick off the tournament against hosts germany injust 11 days' time.e tonight's game to give some game time to some players. he'll of course still be after a morale—boosting win. for me, it's just a chance for some minutes on the pitch for some players, maybe a slightly unfamiliar line—up in terms of people starting the game. still got one or two, not injury doubts, but people coming back from a longer—term injury. so we're careful to manage minutes and it's one of them. it's just a little balancing act to make sure that we get a good performance and hopefully a good result. we need to sort of get back to ourselves, priding ourselves on clean sheets and doing everything we can to win games. so that's certainly been a message this week, but to obviously come out here and play against gibraltar, it's going to be be a good game for us. we don't underestimate anybody. and we've got a strong performance, full of energy. and yeah, lay our stakes down to be in the manager's plans for germany. so, scotland ramping up their euros preparations, and after losing

steve clarke is the first scottish manager to be able to do that.now. andy robertson, who's their captain, said in his pre—match press conference this week that he knows that they don't want to come away with without leaving everything behind, leaving everything behind, leaving everything on the pitch. they don't want to come back with any regrets. they reflected on that 2021 european championship performance . there's a bit of performance. there's a bit of a disappointment, but they know that tonight they're the underdogs. they haven't been in germany since 1999. they know it's everything to play for because of how much pressure is on germany as the host of this tournament , their fans are tournament, their fans are putting the pressure on them. but we've been speaking to people here in glasgow to find out whether they're optimistic, whether they're pessimists about the match tonight. take a listen to what a few of them told us. how are you feeling, then? ahead of tonight's game ? brilliant. of tonight's game? brilliant. yeah. who do you think's go

round the goalkeeper scotland is upset after being left out of steve clarke's list for euro 2024. 41 -year-old player said again that if they need him again in the future, he will be available for his country. on the sidelines friendly game between croatia and portugal , mourinho congratulated luka modric, lukaita was during mourinho's coaching in real madrid, who went from tottenham to madrid, a big misfortune for poland , lewandowski's beloved couple said goodbye to the euros in the friendly match between poland and ukraine, one of the key stars of the polish national team milik was injured and a few hours later it was reported that the juventus striker would not make it to the euros. milli one in the previous round of the euros, he was injured and missed the game. and the spanish football federation with a special video of the player composition. the show was announced by rafael nadal, a famous spanish tennis player, and the families of the players introduced him as one of the soldiers of spain and sent off the matches. davood moradi, sed and cima news agency. well, we are abou

and in the last two under steve clarke , scotland under steve clarke, scotland fans now feeling particularlycourse, we have to also mention that quite shocking head injuries sustained by barnabas varga, we saw his, you know, team—mates rally around and hold the sheets up while he was stretchered off the park eventually. but that obviously drove that hungarian attack to come in. and as you say, a lot of people are saying there's just not enough chances. first half scotland definitely had most of the possession, but you know, it's not all bad news. you know i think we have to finish on the impact that the tartan army has had over there. we've had major approvals and even a news organisation saying that 52% of those who voted voted scots as the best fans. so all things considered, you know , all things considered, you know, i think we can hold our heads up high as we leave germany . high as we leave germany. >> thank you tony, thank you. we'll leave it there , didn't we'll leave it there, didn't play we'll leave it there, didn't play any good, but they did have the good fans. indeed that mean a

after being comprehensively outplayed in their opening round defeat to germany, their manager, steve clarke are you finally in the depths of the stadium where i have caught up with steve clarke. coming here, what you have to do is take something. does it make it simpler because the objective is clear? the it make it simpler because the objective is clear? the ob'ective is clear but the h objective is clear? the ob'ective is clear but the opponent _ objective is clear? the ob'ective is clear but the opponent is- objective is clear? the objective is clear but the opponent is difficult. j clear but the opponent is difficult. switzerland are a good team, we didn't start so well. hate switzerland are a good team, we didn't start so well.— switzerland are a good team, we didn't start so well. we have a lot to rove. didn't start so well. we have a lot to move we _ didn't start so well. we have a lot to prove. we have _ didn't start so well. we have a lot to prove. we have spoken - didn't start so well. we have a lot to prove. we have spoken and - didn't start so well. we have a lot i to prove. we

and steve clarke of course. ., , and steve clarke of course.e. he has done a fantasticjob, he has. yes. i will leave you do your drink, enjoy as you can probably tell, the beers are flowing here already this morning, plenty more scotland fans here, they are giving us a wave this morning ahead of kick off tomorrow night and the estimation being between 150—200,000 scotland fans between 150—200 , 000 scotland fans will between 150—200,000 scotland fans will be arriving here ahead of kick off tomorrow night. you think about that as being a big number but let us not forget munich is no stranger to hosting big effect, when you any about oktoberfest, the beer festival, they have round seven million visitors so i think we can say that munich is quite capable of handling the 150 or 200,000 scotland fans who will arrive here before kick off at the allianz arena which is six miles from the centre of munich when they meet tomorrow night. have you managed to get a beer yourself and a bratwurst? i have you managed to get a beer yourself and a bratwurst?- ha

news for their fans — steve clarke's side trained this morning and the news is liverpool full—back andythree or four weeks. and you have to enjoy that and you have to embrace it as well. so, we have done amazingly well to get to back—to—back tournaments. this one, obviously a lot more busy in terms of the experience that we had a few years ago, but it's something we have to enjoy scotland but it's something we have to enjoy have an opene england's first match is against serbia on sunday. gareth southgate is generally acknowledged to have picked an attacking squad, and there's already been plenty of speculation about how they'll line up in gelsenkirchen, with plenty of this mornings newspapers suggesting that liverpool's trent alexander— arnold will start in midfield. well, for more on that here's our reporter alex howell. the england side arrived in germany at their luxury base in weimar last night, and today gareth southgate's side will train for the first time publicly here in germany. they will be taking on a session in the stadium in front of 500 local children, and all eyes will be

steve clark says court records like search warrant affidavits will likely be sealed in this case, andanybody's guess if or when any charges would be filed. it really depends on what they're looking for, how long this process will take, and what information do they already have? the fbi conducted simultaneous searches at the headquarters of california waste solutions and the homes of its ceo, david duong, and his son, andy duong, a district 12 congressional candidate and president of the vietnamese chamber of commerce, says the duong's have contributed greatly to the city and the vietnamese community. the family have been really supportive of causes that are building opportunities to create a more robust and prosperous economy for all of us to thrive in. the duong's also contributed to candidates on both sides of the political aisle, including to mayor tao's campaign and last year, david duong's vietnamese business association hosted a trip to vietnam, which tao and port of oakland members participated in. but port officials say they reimbursed the association for all of the mayor's tr

a win for steve clarke's side in stuttgart should be enough for progression out of their group. match isn't lost on midfielderjohn mcginn. we all know the magnitude of the game. it's a chance for us to write ourselves in the history books and become a unique scotland team. for us i think everyone wants to be the hero but it's important we just play the game normally. we know we are capable of getting three points and if it is me, i'll take one off the right shin to get it in the bottom corner. sunday's other game sees hosts germany face switzerland in frankfurt. the two sides are battling it out to top group a. switzerland may still need a point to qualify whereas germany confirmed their place with a win over the hungarians on wednesday. translation: we do feel the support of the fans. i it stimulates us and gives us that extra kick. get the impression the germans are believing in us once again and we must give further momentum to this passion. we must further foster it. this can only happen if we believe in ourselves. i don't know the secret but we simply got back in the saddle

there are only two centre forwards left in steve clarke's provisional squad ahead of the euros, whichy on friday week. rugby union's premiership final will be between the two teams that finished as the best in the regular season. it'll be top, that's northampton who won last night, and bath, who beat sale sharks 31—23 in their playoff semi final this afternoon having finished second in the table. ben croucher has more. eyes on the prize, well, next week's price anyway. bath and sale wanted to get their hands on it, to get the chance to even play for it, they needed brain, brown and sometimes the bounds of a ball. ——to get the chance to even play for it, they needed brain, braun and sometimes the bounce of a ball. 13 points down by half—time, sale had reduced the arrears to just three. and after the interval came, tom went flying down the wing, which usually ends one way. 0nly twice in the last decade has an away side won a playoff. driven on by a nine year absence from the final, now it was... whether their prayers will be answered next week, northampton saints will have something to

steve clarke's squad have trained earlier, before departing for stuttgart where they'll be followed byand beat hungary 1—0 in their last meeting — a friendly in 2018, in budapest. england are preparing for their final group c match against slovenia on tuesday amid growing criticism of their last—out performance when they drew 1—1 with denmark. injuries and lack of form have been a talking point and that continues to be the case for one player as our football reporter alex howell can let us know. 25 of the england squad were out on the pitch here as they prepared for that game, but crucially, luke shaw is still inside training on his own, doing an individual programme which means he is a massive doubt for the game for england on tuesday. gareth southgate has spoken about the physical limitations of some of his players and harry kane spoke about some confusion when they were playing during the match so we might have seen some of the players that may come in to replace people like trent alexander—arnold as that mid field experiment has not worked, but gareth southgate on the england team

decision time is approaching for scotland boss steve clarke too.how they shouldn't neccesarily be worried about who plays upfront. for, you know, almost 20 years, there's not been an absolute natural goal—scorer in the squad. and certainly, lately, that's been the case too. lyndon dykes has done a good job, but he is not a natural goal—scorer that scores a lot of goals at international level. you could say the same for che adams as well. but it's not all about those players scoring the goals. we get a little bit overexcited about that. lawrence shankland has come into the squad. he is more of a natural goal—scorer, but it's a big step up to do it at international level. but what scotland have had is a very, very tight back unit, and also players that can score from different areas. and that's the difference. hear more from pat nevin on the latest episode of the football news show, looking ahead to the upcoming european championships. that'll be on the iplayer later today. all four of the home nations will be in action in the women's euros qualifyin

to be obviously very tough for them to beat hungary on sunday, but i think the scotland manager steve clarkne game left and it is in scotland was or hand. a much improved performance from scotland, lots of passion and fight and good passages of play. safe to say, not quite back to where they were in their qualifying campaign in terms of performance, but certainly so much better than that game against the germans in munich. �* , ~ . munich. and they knew at the time, but certainly — munich. and they knew at the time, but certainly know— munich. and they knew at the time, but certainly know now _ munich. and they knew at the time, but certainly know now that - munich. and they knew at the time, but certainly know now that hungry, their opponents in the final game, have lost twice, what chance would they make that three times when they meet next sunday?— meet next sunday? speaking to a few ofthe meet next sunday? speaking to a few of the scotland _ meet next sunday? speaking to a few of the scotland friends _ meet next sunday? speaking to a few of the scotland friends here _ meet next sunday?

qualify for the six groups can still qualify for the knockout stages, there is still hope for steve clarke'sthe hosts, germany, they have not performed in recent major tournaments. they have not won a knockout match at a major tournament since 2016, would you believe. they needed to deliver to try to convince the fans around the football mad country to believe and they have done exactly that. it couldn't have really gone any better for the hosts. it could not have gone any worse, of course, for scotland. meanwhile, england play their opening match against serbia and gelson callachan on sunday. dan roan, thank you for that from munich. now here's faisal with what's coming up on newsnight. tonight as keir starmer analyse a closer trading relationship with the eu, we discuss what that might look like. join us at10:30pm. food manufacturers are recalling a small number of products, understood to be sandwiches containing salad leaves. it comes after concerns over recent cases of e coli. more than 200 people have been affected, some hospitalised. hugh pym is here. are the authorities clear on where

scenic surroundings for scotland today but steve clarke's men have a mountain to climb at the euros —

steve clarke and his players have managed to do that, the last euros in 2020, so this was about cominge and expectation to get out of the group. if scotland get out of the group, it would be massive. scotland midfielderjohn mcginn says he wants the team to "prove people wrong" by making history and staying in the euros past the group stages, but did reveal in saturday's press conference that he didn't quite have his entire family behind him. my my uncle joe and my unclejoe and my little cousins mark and thomas, spelt in the hungarian way, the boys were born in scotland but they are half hungarian, half scottish. 0ne scotland but they are half hungarian, half scottish. one of them wants scotland to win, one of them wants scotland to win, one of them wants scotland to win, one of them wants hungary to win, so my unclejoe them wants hungary to win, so my uncle joe told them wants hungary to win, so my unclejoe told us that them wants hungary to win, so my uncle joe told us that this them wants hungary to win, so my unclejoe told us that this morning, so they will have a win — win scenario

now we heard them as well from steve clarke.drubbing at the hands of germany and, you know, we had to kick some backsides and give some cuddles and we're only a few hours away now from finding out whether that , love and affection whether that, love and affection has actually made any of the difference, but of course, you know, there's so much going on in scotland just now. but i took to the streets of glasgow yesterday, and i asked people pretty much what their feelings were about tonight's match. but there was a twist, you know , we there was a twist, you know, we got them to choose between scotch tablet and swiss chocolate and to see whether their inner demon , their inner their inner demon, their inner hungen their inner demon, their inner hunger, somehow betrayed her. they thought that they would win a lot of unscientific pop psychology, but the results speak for themselves. does that mean that you're both hopeful of a scotland win tomorrow night ? a scotland win tomorrow night? >> hey, it'd be good, but switzerland played

manager steve clarke questioning why. it's been brilliant. we've i got it. it's been brilliant. we've had the — got it. it's been brilliant. we've had the best two weeks. it's definitely been one party, hasn't it? ., what definitely been one party, hasn't it?- what has _ definitely been one party, hasn't it?- what has been - definitely been one party, hasn't it?- what has been like - definitely been one party, hasn't it? yeah. what has been like being here? you have _ it? yeah. what has been like being here? you have been _ it? yeah. what has been like being here? you have been staying in this camper van with your mum and dad over the past two weeks watching scotland along the way. has it been a special trip for you? yes. scotland along the way. has it been a special trip for you?— a special trip for you? yes, because we not to a special trip for you? yes, because we got to skip _ a special trip for you? yes, because we got to skip school! _ a special trip for you? yes, because we got to skip school! advantages i we got t

that's something that steve clarke isn't exactly pinning his hopes on, but he certainly has it in the. let's start with the hardest task first. taking on the host. jane dougall, at the allianz arena. louise carey is at a fans own in dundee. probably one of scotland's biggest fans own. you can see over my shoulder, and as the weather is... many people have started to turn off. there's some 4,000 tickets been sold. i'm decked out, and that seems to be the order. somebody got a bit carried away! dark blue... i can tell you there'll be no rivalry as everyone comes together for the scotland team. you might�*ve heard the captain, although we are claiming him as our own. thanks to a great spell, he moved on, and then of course, off to liverpool. as you can see, people are very excited. if you're not in deutschland, get yourself here! the enthusiasm of the scotland fans is pretty clear, but some of those supporting germany appear to be less engaged than you might expect. the hosts recent form has been underwhelming, and there aren't too many predicting that'll change for the tournament, as ou

definitely work to be done for scotland too — but will manager steve clark stick or twist for their upcomingfrom wimbledon — double british success on the grass. katie boulter wins in nottingham and jack draper's feeling better than ever after his first tour title.

scotland manager steve clarke is already without the services of six players including lyndon dykes ande hours and 13 minutes. the british number one's victory in nottingham 12 months ago marked her first wta title. the match though was somewhat controversial as a frustrated dart repeatedly argued with the chair umpire over what she believed to be incorrect line calls. their dispute reached its height during a change of ends in the second set, after a ball from boulter was called out but overruled by umpire kelly rask. umpire: correction, ball was good. replay the point. no way! - the ball is so far out. that was so far out. this one came off the back for me. no, it didn't! for me, that's how i saw it. this is embarrassing. you're embarrassing yourself. harriet, watch it now. harriet, watch it. - if we watch that back, i can promise you, i would bet £50,000 that ball was out. honestly. 0k. i would shake your hand right now. it's a joke how far this ball was out. at the t20 world cup, bangladesh came agonisingly close to springing a surprise victory over south africa in their group game

they have grown under steve clarke. - campaign. it really was. they have grown under steve clarke.ayers i round. they really are and what i i have no to speaking to players over the last few weeks and months is that really believe that they can win it. that is very different when you look at previous england sides. they won so confident to come into major competitions to live up to a favourites tag or to speak about it. gareth southgate has said that expectation matches reality more. england made the final of this competition at wembley in 2021, they made the semifinal in the world cup in russia in 2018 and a quarter final in 2022. if you just look at the england squad and the quality they have and the strength and depth in attacking areas, you can see why they are being touted as favourites. you have captain harry kane, a record goalfor you have captain harry kane, a record goal for the you have captain harry kane, a record goalfor the national sky. he scored over 40 goals for bayern munich. phil foden who has won the premier league for manchester city. they are three players ther