he's impressed for aston villa — and now tyrone mings has got his first call up to england's men's squad n eva ns dan evans is looking to book his place in the third round of the us open. roger federer is up next. also coming up in the programme... aiming to make a first major finals, wales women kick off their euro 2021 campaign in the faroe islands. hello and welcome to sportsday. we have the champions league group stages in the diary. if you are a liverpool, tottenham, manchester city or chelsea fan, all of the details are to come. in the last couple of hours, defending champions liverpool have got a familiar trip to napoli. the head again, they also face salzburg. joe lenski is here. not a bad group for liverpool.” think they'll be happy with this one. it isn't even that long since we we re one. it isn't even that long since we were watching these scenes last season, the win and create at liverpool, with liverpool winning the champions league there last season. the champions league there last season. i think they will look quite favourably on this draw for the istanbul in turkey is t

aaron wan—bissaka and tyrone mings join the senior squad for the first time.squad in full. james maddison and mason mount are picked again. there are recalls for kieran trippier, alex oxlade chamberlain and harry winks. but kyle walker of manchester city misses out, as does chelsea frontman tammy abraham. we've got a depth of talent now because we have approached things slightly differently to look at younger players, it has increased the poor that we can pick from it means a relaxing experience in the positions but we have to keep evolving as a squad and as a team and we've had a two year period of progress and constant improvement, i think. but we cannot stand still. to preparations for the womens european championships in 2021 now. wales began their qualifying campaign in spectacular fashion. unlike england, wales do have to qualify for the european championships in two years... and they started in the perfect way. by winning 6—0 away at the faroe islands. they scored twice in the opening five minutes, with goals from natasha harding and emma jones harding

manchester united full—back, aaron wan—bissaka, and aston villa centre—back, tyrone mings, join the seniorson mount are picked again. there are recalls for kieran trippier, alex 0xlaide chamberlain and harry winks but kyle walker, of manchester city, misses out, as does chelsea frontman, tammy abraham. we've got depth of talent now because we have approached it slightly differently, to look at younger players, it has increased the pool that we can pick from. it means that we lack some experience in a lot of positions but we have to keep evolving as a squad and as a team. we have had a two—year period of progress and constant improvement, i think but we can't stand still. england's lucy bronze has been named the uefa women's player of the year, while liverpool's, virgil van dijk, took the men's award. she is the first english winner, voted for by top coaches in the women's game, and journalists. she's been in action for england tonight as they took on belgium in a friendly. phil neville's side scored two goals in four minutes, through jodie taylor and this from beth mead. but the belgians r

manchester united fullback aaron wan—bissaka and aston villa centre—back tyrone mings join the seniort many better left—footed centre—backs in england. it's that form that helped aston villa gain promotion from the championship and make a solid start in the premier league, and that's impressed england boss gareth southgate. there is a lot room for improvement, but i really like his leadership qualities. an outstanding athlete, very composed with the ball. so i'm looking forward to working with him, because we see a lot of potential and room for growth, given the number of games he's actually played. so here is that squad in full then. three uncapped players. james maddison and mason mount are picked again. there are recalls for kieran trippier, alex oxlade—chamberlain and harry winks, but kyle walker of manchester city misses out, as does chelsea frontman tammy abraham. wales's women have begun their qualifying campaign for the european championship in 2021, looking to make their first ever major finals. they're in the faroe islands. that game kicked off a little over half an hour ago

not aston villa‘s tyrone mings who was told via a text message..ent, i think, but we can‘t stand still and there are young players coming through that we might not see the best of in the next two years, actually, but for the long—term, for england we need to start integrating them because i think this team can constantly improve and evolve. he will certainly hope so. that england squad dominates the back pages this morning. "no one is safe", says the express, with a picture of kyle walker, who‘s been dropped. "walker axed in youth drive" is the times headline, as gareth southgate looks to speed up the development of younger players. and the guardian focus on england‘s women, saying they were "punished" by belgium. wolves are flying, they‘ve reached group stage of the europa league. and will be in today‘s draw for the group stage after beaing torino 2—1 on the night, they were helped by some poor defending, 5—3 on aggregate they‘re through. wolves into the main phase of a european competition for the first time since 1980. celtic will also be in tod

aston villa's tyrone mings says he thought his call up to the england squad was a joke. young players. we have had the two year period of progress and constant improvement, i think, but we can't stand still and there are young players coming through that we might not see the best of in the next two years, actually, but for the long—term, for england we need to start integrating them because i think this team can co nsta ntly im prove a nd evolve. wolves have reached the europa league group stage, they beat italian side torino 2—1 on the night and 5—3 on aggregate. wolves are in the main phase of a european competition for the first time since 1980. celtic will also be in today's draw — lewis morgan rounded off a 4—1 second leg win against aik in sweden — they go through 6—1 on aggregate. rangers are also through, after they beat legia warsaw in a cracker, but the irish side linfield lost to oarabag so they are out. there's good news for the only two remaining british players in action at the us open. johanna konta's into the third round, after beating the unseeded russia

most interesting for me is aston villa defender tyrone mings. he's 26 years old.having helped villa to promotion. he's been very assured so far this season too and could be in line for a debut. midfield pairjames maddison and mason mount have also been included, with recalls for tottenham's harry winks and liverpool's alex oxlaide chamberlain. there's no place for chelsea striker tammy abraham though or manchester city's kyle walker. the match against bulgaria takes place at wembley a week on saturday with the kosovo game in southampton the following tuesday. we expect to hear from southgate in the next ten minutes or so. let's talk tennis and the us open and big—name struggling. making it through but struggling. roger federer, novak djokovic and serena williams all found the going tougher than expected in round 2. federer dropped the first set for the second round running as he beat bosnia's damir dzumhuh. he could meet britain's dan evans if he beats lucas pouille today. defending champion djokovic admitted he was unsure if he'd even finish his match againstjuan