richard conway, bbc news, st petersburg. that's all from us tonight. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello, i'm olly foster live in moscow, this is sportsday at the world cup, these are our headlines. it's rojo to the the rescue. argentina were minutes away from going out, but they are into the last 16 iceland came close themsleves but croatia pinched a late winner to top the group. we've had our fisrt gaoless draw. france and denmark both sealing their passage from group with a game that will be quickly forgotten evening, we'll start in st petersberg, where argentina used their get ofjail free card. they had to win against nigeria and hope that the other result in group d went their way. lionel messi said we knew god was with us and wasn't going to let us go out. messi finally looked like messi at this tourbament, and we'll get to see him again. patrick gearey reports. inafew in a few days argentina's mood has gone from misery, to mutate to frenzy. settle on one help, the man who spends his world cup in close—up was this his last s

0ur sports correspondent richard conway was at the match, and has this report. the world cup carnival continued in kazan today, tartar culture in full display. the competition from here intensifies, as france and argentina are about to discover. with just 13 minutes gone, kylian mbappe's burst of speed caused havoc in the argentine defence. penalty for france! the 25th penalty of this tournament awarded, antoine griezmann with the finishing touch. with france starting to dominate the game, back came argentina. angel di maria with a superb strike to make it 1—1. what a strike for angel di maria! but this has been a tumultuous tournament, and so it continued after the break with an avalanche of goals, starting with lionel messi's shot being turned in by mercado to give argentina the lead. the french response, though, was swift and overwhelming.

here's our sports news correspondent, richard conway. the member associations of canada, mexico, and the usa have been selected... united in victory. mexico, united states, and canada, are now prepared to host the 2026 world cup, which they say will turbocharge football in north america and bring huge revenue for the growth of the game worldwide. very emotional. it has been a long and hard campaign. congratulations to morocco, putting it to us and the very end. we are thankful to fifa. it was an impressive job in a short time. delighted. the north american beard known as united 2026 will host 48 teams, playing a games across all three countries. they are promising a riot of passion and colour. the north american beard has prevailed, and fifa has listened to the promise of $11 million in profit. —— bid. the result will also delight the leadership of fifa. donald trump, urging fifa voters, perhaps threatening, to back the bid, issued congratulations. vladimir putin made a quick appearance to thank fifa for support in the run—up to be

richard conway, moscow. now we've seen plenty of fireworks in russia already, and i'm not talking about the opening ceremony. today, the spanish football association announced it had sacked their manager julen lopetegui, just two days before their opening match against portugal. spanish football chiefs said they were unhappy not to be involved in his negotiations to become real madrid boss. i don't feel betrayed during the time he's worked with the national team, julian has done an impeccable job. this is about the way things have been done. i don't mean by him but by the people who have done things without communicating with the spanish football federation while he was an employee here. that's something that we just can't let past. we were forced to sack him what i've always said the best person to guide the national team is lupin. what i can guarantee is that the players and he new technical staff are going to do everything possible to guide the national team as far as possible. it's a very difficult situa

richard conway there. staying with football, premier league executive chairman richard scudamore is to stand down by the end of this year after nearly 20 years in the role. scudamore was appointed in november 1999 and has overseen a period of real growth, culminating in the league's last uk tv deal bringing in some £5.14 billion. will it be third time lucky for simona halep at the french open? the world number one has fallen twice before at the final hurdle at roland garros. today, though, she looked determined to hunt down her maiden grand slam title, seeing off 2016 champion garbine muguruza in straight sets. james burford reports. despite being the best ranked player in the world, simona halep and herfans are still seeking that elusive first grand slam. garbine muguruza standing in the way of another final. while she has won grand slams this before, this wasn't her day. and so it appeared from the beginning. a double fault to hand halep an early break. the romanian soon staring at a 5—0 lead. simona

richard conway, bbc news, kazan. well, away from the world cup to the 0ne—day cup final at lords where hampshire beat kent by 61 runs, riley roussouw hit a blistering 125 as they posted 330 for 7, that's a record total for a lords final, and they then bowled kent out for 269. it's hampshire's seventh success in a one—day final at lord's. wimbledon starts on monday, and two—time champion andy murray remains tentative ahead of his first round match against france's benoit paire — murray only returned to competitive tennis 11 days ago after nearly a year out after hip surgery. i'm sort ofjust taking every day as it comes right now. i'm only ten days into a recovery from, you know, pretty serious injury, which started around this time last year, and, yeah, ijust around this time last year, and, yeah, i just kind around this time last year, and, yeah, ijust kind of need to see how i feel every day, but in terms of winning this event, i have no belief 01’ winning this event, i have no belief or thought that that

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. england know that a win tomorrow lunchtime against panama will put them into the knockout stage along with belgium in their group, who had a big win here in the capital against tunisia. our sports editor, dan roan, is with england in nizhny novgorod. having won their opening world cup match for the first time in 12 years, england arrived here tonight with momentum behind them. with temperatures in nizhniy novgorod set to exceed 30 degrees tomorrow, manager gareth southgate's team must acclimatise quickly, but he believes they can handle the heat of competition. we still want to play in the style that we came into this tournament. nothing has changed in my view. we are a team who are hungry. the conditions here will favour a panama side who are appearing in their first world cup, and what their players lacking profile they more than make up for in physicality. we've seen already the difficulty big countries in terms of rankings have had breaking down lower ranked teams, that has been a

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. it's mexico though who top group f after their 2—1 victory over south korea earlier giving them two wins out of two. west ham strikerjavier hernandez with the winner there. meanwhile the england camp will have been impressed with belgium's 5—2 demolition of tunisia in group g. manchester united striker romelu lu ka ku took his tally in the tournament to four with his double, while eden hazard also bagged a couple of goals as roberto martinez‘s team made it two wins out of two, with eight goals so far. england meanwhile, were put through their paces at a final training session today before travelling to their base near the finnish border — 800 miles east, ahead of their second world cup match tomorrow. dele ali was back in training, but only for the first part and is still expected to miss tomorrow's match against panama. everyone expects england to win and secure their place in the last i6 alongside belgium, but manager gareth southgate isn't getting ahead of himself. we have

we can head across moscow now to the otkrytie arena where our sports news correspondent richard conway is. it correspondent richard conway is. is not long befor the it is not long before kick—off at the spartak stadium. brazil are looking for a big performance. we have watched them stutter through this tournament so far. they are one of the favourites. they watched this afternoon as the champions went out. that 7-1 afternoon as the champions went out. that 7—1 semifinal defeat lingers in these fans‘ mind. they now want to see a big performance from their team. they know that a win would be enough for them. a draw would also be enough for them to get through. the serbs have their own hopes and they will be putting on a big performance too. we are all set for the big kick—off. brazil are looking to turn on that samba style once more. amer sports news correspondence there. what about the swiss? they need one point against costa rica. they have a comfortable position in the group. that ill tempered win against serbia last time when they fought back from one goal down to win 2—1.

thank you, richard conway. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. welcome to bbc london news. i'm alpa patel. it's been 70 years since the mv empire windrush arrived in tilbury docks in essex, the first of many ships carrying commonwealth citizens from the carribean. today, those who came over on that first ship, remembered theirjourney outside city hall. caroline davies was there. is bbc news. water companies across the uk are urging customers to urgently reduce how much water they use, leading to increased demand during the current heatwave. the first band and nearly 25 years came into force last night. united utilities has warned of a band that could be put in place in northwest england. as the mercury rises, the water flows. however, it england. as the mercury rises, the waterflows. however, it is the scale of increased demand is beginning to seriously worry utility firms. in by, seriously worry utility firms. in rugby, bottle stations were opened tempora

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. let's talk now to the former premier league referee mark halsey, i'm sure you're watching with great interest every time var is used. i be getting it right?|j interest every time var is used. i be getting it right? i think football as we know and love it is coming to an end coming into a new year and coming to an end coming into a new yearand —— ila coming to an end coming into a new year and —— ila and var is coming to stay. i think eventually it will benefit the game but it is taking a long time together. this protocol is the same all around the world with other federations but the the same all around the world with otherfederations but the problem the same all around the world with other federations but the problem we haveis other federations but the problem we have is people sitting up in the video room that are not used to using var in their own federations. the only use it for they come in these tournaments. there was lots of talking points yesterday and show your love r

thank you, richard conway. well, the england team has been training today, at their base in repino, in preparation for theirfirst match against tunisia. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is in repino. how would you assess the mood in the england camp? well, just like our environment here, very calm, very relaxed and very different to what it sounds like the kind of russian experience that richard is having over there. to begin with this morning we were allowed 15 minutes of training with england and it began for a moment's silence for the victims of grenfell. marcus rashford did not take part because he has missed training for a second date, he picked up a knock to his knee on monday before he flew out, that's two days in a row and it looks like he will not be starting for england against tunisia on monday. england we re against tunisia on monday. england were playing this morning with this star shaped all, it got very competitive, let me tell you. it does seem striking, they seemed to enjoy each other ‘

richard conway hour sports news correspondent there from kazan. many thanks indeed. the french will play uruguay or portugal. they are down in sochi and will kick off the next 20—25 minutes. you can find that follows one radio live five. conor mcnamara commenting there. a fantastic setting on the coast of the black sea of one the most anticipated games of this world cup. one of these teams will be knocked out tonight sad though it's a massive game. it's billed as the ronaldo versus suarez show. the question is can ronaldo's team—mates jumped his help when they need —— when he needs the most?” jumped his help when they need —— when he needs the most? i bought of top players on these two pitches. it's going to be a big one between him and is in gardena. how does ronaldo bring them down? him and is in gardena. how does ronaldo bring them down7m him and is in gardena. how does ronaldo bring them down? it will be difficult for him because you are correct —— your quicken played a pivotal game and pass but also can be ugly and physical. whether ronaldo can

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. england meanwhile are two days away from their next match. 0urs sports correspondent david 0rnstein is at the england training base in repino. what is the mood like? england are stepping up their preparations. they trained behind closed doors today, giving a chance to work on tactics and formation and the set pieces that have proved such a feature for them of the tournament so far. here at the media centre we will be speaking to some of the players shortly. they will be playing again tomorrow morning before flying to celyn in grad, and the 7pm kick off is on thursday. england sitting at the top of group g, but it is only by virtue of a superior disciplinary record over belgium. gareth southgate wants to win the group and maintain the momentum, but it is conceivable that england could finish second and have a kinder path through the next rounds. he also has a selection dilemma, should he wrest the likes of harry kane. dele alli came to full training today. should he get minutes into th

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. this result has sent shock waves through football, never in most of our lifetimes has germany fallen at this stage. with the world champion said, focus turned to the five—time champions, brazil duly beat serbia 2-0 champions, brazil duly beat serbia 2—0 tonight. they are potential quarterfinal opponents for england but gareth southgate's sole focus is on beating belgium tomorrow night in kaliningrad. where east meets west. england's last stop before the knockouts is a geographical oddity. sandwiched between poland and lithuania, kaliningrad has a complicated history. formerly konigsberg, it was part of germany and heavily bombed during world war ii, until it was seized by stalin. but while once a symbol of russia's long simmering tension with the west, it's now putting its best face forward for putin's world cup.

our sports correspondent richard conway reports. suited and booted. england are ready for the world cup. time this morning for harry kane and co to pose for an official photograph before departing for russia. the team will be based here in the seaside town of repino ahead of their first game against tunisia next monday. and after promising recent performances, and a unity that england squads of the past have sometimes lacked, there are grounds for cautious optimism. the players have given the manager headaches, in terms of selection, which is a great problem for gareth southgate. so, yeah, i think they come into it in a positive mood. the world cup gets under way on thursday with russian fans stocking up on merchandise ahead of their team taking on saudi arabia — a clash of two of the world‘s oil rich nations. "el gasico", as some are calling it. and after his recent kremlin kickabout, the man at the head of world football is satisfied with the host‘s plans and ticket sales. in terms of preparations for this week, the big kick—off coming on th

richard conway, bbc news. despite those warnings about fans‘ safety, locals in kaliningrad, where england play belgium later this month, say they want to offer a warm welcome to visitors. wedged between lithuania and poland, kaliningrad is separated from the rest of russia, and has a more european look and feel to it. but, as sarah rainsford's been finding out, fans are still being warned to follow local rules. there is a little bit of england on this russian street. kaliningrad is almost ready to welcome the team here, and crowds of fans. some locals are even taking them into their homes. and shows me the space he has offered an england supporters for free, and from the decor it is not ha rd to free, and from the decor it is not hard to guess why... his visitors should feel quite at home with this bathroom. the flat could be a squeeze, with nikolai's girlfriend living here, too. but on match night, nikolai tells me he doesn't think his guests will be sleeping much anyway. you wanted to do it forfree sleepin

richard conway has all the action from st petersburg. there's only one lionel messi. well, not in st petersburg today. with argentina's world cup hopes hanging by a thread, some looked for divine intervention. but it is messi who remains a beacon of hope to young and old alike, in what has so far been a disappointing world cup for his country. well, it is not long now until kick—off, and these argentina fans are determined that their world cup journey will not end just yet. facing nigeria, who could also qualify for the knockout rounds, argentina knew they had to win, whilst needing iceland to draw or lose to croatia in the other group game. and, with 14 minutes gone, they got off to the perfect start. commentator: messi collects, messi scores! their captain repaying the faith of his fans — all to diego's delight. half—time, and a final rallying call. but this has been a tournament beset by claims of unrest in the argentine camp, and after a video review, victor moses scored to cast a shadow once more. victor moses on the spot. victor moses rolls it home! argent

richard conway, bbc news. so one of the serial winners is out, but another serial winner, brazil: place tonight. they could be one of england's quarterfinal opponent if england's quarterfinal opponent if england get that far. the next match for bout against england is an important one with interesting repercussions. with further to travel if they win the group, shouldn't really be a game that england try and win? where east meets west, sandwiched between poland and lithuania, kaliningrad has a complicated history. it was formerly part of germany and heavily bombed during world war ii, until it was seized by stalin. but while once a symbol of russia's long simmering tension with the west, it's now putting its best face forward for putin's world cup. translation: it is the most western pa rt translation: it is the most western part of the russian federation, our little enclave of europe. it is a beautiful city. i'm confident that any visitor will fall in love with kaliningrad and certainly visit us once more. en

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. well, in the other game today in group e, serbia beat costa rica 1—0 with a goal from aleksandar kolarov. england's world cup starts tomorrow. kolarov. they have arrived in volgograd ahead of their game against tunisia. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. where natalie pirks reports. are tomorrow night the motherland where are tomorrow night the motherland of football meets the motherland. in the city formerly known as stalingrad, england will attempt to win their opening world cup match for the first time since 2006. gareth southgate believes his young side are not affected by the past. this team is looking at things ina past. this team is looking at things in a different way, trying to play ina in a different way, trying to play in a different way, trying to play in a different way. they have a hunger and desire. we'd better technical players we've had in the past coming to our academies. so there is a real enthusiasm and are looking forward to getting going. for many

richard conway, bbc news, moscow. this result has sent shock waves through football, never in most of oui’ through football, never in most of our lifetimes has germany fallen at this stage. with the world champion said, focus turned to the five—time champions, brazil duly beat serbia 2-0 champions, brazil duly beat serbia 2—0 tonight. they are potential quarterfinal opponents for england but gareth southgate's sole focus is on beating belgium tomorrow night in kaliningrad. where east meets west. england's last stop before the knockouts is a geographical oddity. sandwiched between poland and lithuania, kaliningrad has a complicated history. formerly konigsberg, it was part of germany and heavily bombed during world war ii, until it was seized by stalin. but while once a symbol of russia's long simmering tension with the west, it's now putting its best face forward for putin's world cup. translation: it is the most western part of the russian federation, our little enclave of europe. it is a very beautiful city. i

here's our sports news correspondent, richard conway.

richard conway, bbc news. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines: theresa may has said she is determined to deliver brexit for the whole of the uk — after borisjohnson was secretly recorded suggesting the government lacked guts in its negotiations with the eu. the eu's chief brexit negotiator has criticised theresa may's proposals for a "backstop" customs arrangement, designed to avoid a hard border in northern ireland. president trump has suggested russia should be readmitted to the g7 group of economies — four years after it was expelled because of the annexation of crimea. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. the ftse and the dax closed down. positive trading on the dow and the now stack. —— nasdaq. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30pm tonight. coming up on bbc news, for so long the request of football managers and now a reality, the premier league will have a winter break. the teams will have a winter break. the teams will spli

richard conway, bbc news. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has said he's received a personal assurance from kim jong—un that north korea is prepared to dismantle its nuclear programme. donald trump is due to hold talks with the north korean leader in singapore next week. speaking at the white house, mike pompeo said he had been clear about his intentions. he has indicated to me personally that he is prepared to denuclearise, that he is prepared to denuclearise, that he is prepared to denuclearise, that he understands that the current model doesn't work, that he is prepared to denuclearise and two, he understands we can't do it the way we've done it before, that this has to be big and bold. approximately 600 homes have been destroyed by lava flows on hawaii's big island. the latest estimate of property losses from kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, comes more than a month after it began to erupt. millions of dollars in disaster relief have been pledged to the island by hawaii's governor

richard conway, bbc news. technology giants like facebook and twitter are failing to tackle online homophobia according to eltonjohn. speaking to newsnight‘s kirsty wark before he gave this year's diana princess of wales lecture on hiv, he said social media was the "engine of future change" but he called for a boycott of those sites that do nothing to combat hate speech online. you talk about tech giants and the fact that they have got a public responsibility. but you do know there's some absolutely horrific homophobia on social media? i don't know why they allow it. it's supposed to be free—speech, but the things that are on social media are so disgusting that there has to be action taken by the people who own these companies, that run these companies, to say, "enough is enough, we're spreading hate". and people say, "what about my freedom of speech?" sod your freedom of speech. how do you convince them? you talk about people who are your friends, but you've got facebook, twitter... stop using them. boyco

here is our sports news respondent richard conway. the member associations of canada, mexico and usa have been selected. united in victory. mexico, the united states and canada can now prepare to host the 2026 world cup, a prize they insist will turbo—charge football in north america and deliver huge reve nu es to north america and deliver huge revenues to invest in the worldwide growth of the game. very emotional day for all of us. it's been a long and hard campaign. congratulations to morocco, who fought to the end. but we are gratified by the result, how can you not be? we are thankful to fifa. they did an impressivejob. we are delighted. the north american bid, known as united 2026, will host 48 teams, playing a few games across the three countries, with organisers promising a riot of passion and colour. the north american bid has prevailed and fifa's voters have listen to the mists of $11 billion in profits and a relatively headache free build—up to the tournament. the result with the light fifa's leadership. donald trump, wh

richard conway, bbc news. well, kaliningrad is the western—most city hosting the world cup in russia. it's wedged between lithuania and poland and its proximity to europe means it's easier to reach from the uk. and as sarah rainsford reports, kaliningrad locals are determined to welcome england fans. there is a little bit of england on this russian street. kaliningrad is almost ready to welcome the team here and crowds of fans. some locals are even taking them into their homes. nikolai shows me the space he's offered three england supporters for free. and from the decor, it's not hard to guess why. his visitors should feel quite at home with this bathroom. the flat could be a squeeze, with nikolai's girlfriend living here too. but on match night, nikolai tells me he doesn't think his guests will be sleeping much anyway. you wanted it for free because? because it's fun, it's not about money, it's about football, it's about friendship. we're not frightening! no, we don't have bears and guns in every room! kali

richard conway, moscow. let's get reaction to the news from henry bushnell, a soccer reporter for yahoo sports and joins me from chicago. what do you make of it? it's a big day for american soccer, especially with the world cup approaching which the us will not be participating in. it's almost a reprieve from that and you can feel excitement coursing through the american soccer community. it will do wonders for the sport in the us. you see, you have already called it soccer twice. what is going to happen about the language? that is not the first time i have been asked that! i think we will get a bit more soccer, or maybe football, in mexico, during the tournament. but i doubt we will get any permanent change. we will see, there's eight years to go. very big claims were made for this bid by the organisers. they have been using the word transformative. organisers. they have been using the word tra nsformative. they organisers. they have been using the word transformative. they said it will more than re—engag

richard conway, moscow. well, for more on the awarding of this bid we are joined now by rajini vaidya nathan who is outside the new football stadium here in washington, dc. we are both used to some pretty strange optics in this city, but mexico, canada and the us, they are at each other‘s throats at the moment politically. how on earth did they manage to plot a joint bid of this magnitude? that is a very good question. i think partly it's because the opposing bid from morocco just wasn't seen as strong enough. what fifa did was evaluate the two countries, the two bids and it gave morocco a grading of 2.7 out of five, where as the united bid got four out of five and that was based on things like infrastructure, accommodation, hotels and that sort of thing and also there were concerns about how lgbt queue people would be treated because of morocco's policy towards them but when it comes to geopolitics, this really is quite astounding. i will we do this. the president of the us soccer federation said the beau

our sports news correspondent richard conway is in kazan. the world cup carnival continued in kazan today, tatar culture on full display. but the competition from here intensifies, as france and argentina were about to discover. with just 13 minutes gone, kylian mbappe's burst of speed caused havoc in the argentine defence. penalty for france! the 25th penalty of this tournament awarded, antoine griezmann with the finishing touch. with france starting to dominate the game, back came argentina. angel di maria with a superb strike to make it 1—1. what a strike from angel di maria! but this has been a tumultuous tournament, and so it continued after the break with an avalanche of goals, starting with lionel messi's shot being turned in by mercado to give argentina the lead. the french response, though, was swift and overwhelming. pavard's sublime technique brought the scores level once more as two giants of the world game slugged it out. and then came the knockout blows. mbappe! france's teenage sensation ramming home the third, and then show

richard conway, they seem clear cut. are going to do anything this outrage. —— steve they would open the think a lot more pressure today if the score had remained 1—1. pressure today if the score had remained 1-1. they have attracted a lot of attention and people looking should the serves spotted that. fifa say they will look at that. referees do go back over the footage and see how they could make improvements. fifa are happy with the way it has been introduced at this world cup. we have seen decisions made in the france australia opening match. that involved the four video system referees. they are located in the international broadcast centre which is on the outskirts of moscow. they are not too far from here. is on the outskirts of moscow. they are not too farfrom here. all the feeds coming to them from around the country. they look at them. they are in co nsta nt country. they look at them. they are in constant dialogue with the referees. it is about the four men in the booth talking constantly with the refere

conway, about watching the world cup in a different capacity. gianni infantino is the new president of fifa, and we had good contact at the beginning, but i have to say that it is his thing now that he should not be better because i am here for two matches. i'm not banned from going to matches of travelling. i think he will digest it. you make a response last night to a member of the fifa council. is that a breach of your suspension, by meeting with him and talking to him? no, ijust said hello to him. we were not speaking about the organisation. i met him for two minutes. it's all a bit awkward. sepp blatter will be in st petersburg tomorrow watching brazil drew their opening match against switzerland and they will need to improve. the manager has been confident he's gone early with his team. yes, that is confidence. he named his team today, unchanged. that is despite the fact that england in the —— brazil were underwhelming in their opening match against switzerland, underwhelming performance by name are, —— neymar, and there have been

i asked our sports news correspdoent richard conway, how close they were to being banned. fifa were looking at this. article 54 fifa were looking at this. article 5a of the code. that mandate a two match ban and a fine. they would have had to sit out the final group game for switzerland, that pivotal game for switzerland, that pivotal game they've got, and the last round of 16 game should they qualify. fifa have backed off a bit. they've gone to article 57 which talks about unsporting behaviour. they have allowed them to just issue fines. they found a middle way through. this was a highly political issue. the double eagle symbol seen as being provocative in front of serbian fans. the players themselves being of ethnic albanian background. rather than issue bans they have given out fines. they were furious. —— the serbian fans were furious. they were very unhappy about this. they were very unhappy about this. they will issue a letter of complaint in due course site is the strength of feeling. but fifa have gone away from that path. they initially looked at bans but they

our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. after crushing saudi arabia in their opening game, russian pride and hope has soared. win tonight, and the host's passage into the knockout stages would be almost complete. but egypt and mo salah stood in the way, also desperate for a win after their loss to uruguay. commentator: looking forward to return. the first contribution from mohamed salah. in a cagey first half, chances were rare and mohamed salah just recovered from injury, shouldering the hopes of his nation. this effort the closest he came to giving them the lead. but it was russia's luck that changed after the break. golovin‘s cross was only punched clear and the bouncing follow—up was turned past his own keeper by fathi. it was soon two, and then artem dzyuba's third made it a grand total of eight goals for russia in the first two matches. salah scored from the spot but egypt will be heading home, russia are heading to the last 16. in the days of the games of group h, japan beat columbia by two goals to one. carlos s

here's our sports news correspdoent richard conway. no football today at the world cup and that gave caesar an opportunity to talk about refereeing, the video assisted rack refereeing system here and we heard from a former referee, the head of the refereeing committee and we got a fascinating insight into how var is working so far. we managed to hear conversations between the referee and the var and his assistants as they are looking at decisions. but we will hear first isa at decisions. but we will hear first is a decision made in the game between senegal and colombia, it involved savio mane. everyone thought it was a penalty, but what we see now is the process by which that decision was reversed. you hear me. for me, it is penalty. go for on field review. he played the ball. it is not simulation. not often really you get to hear the voice of the referee. and of course from the var assistance. really insight. the head of the fifa refereeing committee talked about the incidents that have been checked by the var system. 95% of them did

richard conway is outside the krestovsky stadium in st petersburg for us, an exciting night ahead. a big night ahead, for argentina and that man, lionel messi. at the age of 31, he could be looking at his final world cup. the fans arriving here, kick—off is an hour away, they wa nt here, kick—off is an hour away, they want the world cup to go on beyond this point, they don't want it to end here but they need to win tonight against nigeria and they have to hope that the other group game between iceland and croatia goes their way. we saw france and denmark playing a goalless draw, one point each for them and they both qualify for the last 16. peru, their first world cup in 36 years, winning against australia, so they go home happy despite not qualifying. but tonight the focus is on this stadium, an argentina and lionel messi, whether he can get them into the knockout round. thank you for joining us. lets hope the game goes more smoothly than that satellite link. sorry about that. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. very little change over the next few days, plenty mo

our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. the shock, the disbelief. it was all too much for some. fans gathered in the winners are as last night to watch their country but couldn't quite believe what they were witnessing. argentina started with high hopes, diego maradona jeering in the stands. but the tension on the pitch was palpable. it soon told in their performance. goalkeeper willy caballero serving the ball up to be served home. but worse was to come. luka modric capped a wonderful display with one of the goals of the tournament. great goal! soon, it was 3-0. tournament. great goal! soon, it was 3—0. with tournament. great goal! soon, it was 3-0. with the tournament. great goal! soon, it was 3—0. with the road complete, the inquest could begin. 3—0. with the road complete, the inquest could beginlj 3—0. with the road complete, the inquest could begin. i think everyone is so angry in argentina. angry? yes, angry. argentina people, they are waiting on this group of players, probably the last chance for them to make something big with the n

richard conway reports. the member associations of canada, mexico and usa have been it. united in victory, mexico and the united states and canada can now prepared to host the 2026 world cup, applies that they insist we'll turbo—charge football in north america and deliver huge revenues to invest in the worldwide growth of the game. very emotional day for everyone, it has been a long and hard campaign and congratulations to morocco who put it up to the very end but we are gratified by the result. how could you not be. thankful to fifa, the administration, an impressive job. ina administration, an impressive job. in a relatively short time. and i'm delighted. the north american bid, known as united 2026, will host 48 teams are laying 80 games across the three countries. organisers promise a riot of passion and colour. the north american bid has prevailed and the fifa voters promise $11 billion of profits and a relatively headache free build—up to the tournament. the result will also delight the fifa leadership.

richard conway, bbc news. joining me now is england fan mattjordan who is flying out to russia next week for the world cup. how worried are you after hearing those warnings? quite apprehensive after everything that's gone on recently but i think that if you keep your wits about you and you are sensible it shouldn't be too much to worry about a really. we talked about the euro is a couple of years ago, russian fans clashing with england fans in marseilles, which was pretty vile and frankly. do you think we might see a recurrence of that behaviour? possibly. possibly a lot of england fans who went there probably won't go to russia. so with it being so close, the euros, you'll probably only get more fans going there to watch the football. so hopefully they shouldn't be a similar hostile atmosphere, we were in marseille as well and managed to stay clear of all the danger. do you think that if you really want to keep away from potential flash points and violence you can do? yes, certainly. there may be the odd time

richard conway, moscow. time for a look at the weather... susan powell this today very much the calm before the storm, this beautiful picture taken in kingston in kent earlier on and plenty of blue sky on offer. but we are looking at a stormy spell of weather in the next 24 hours to stop storm hector is its name, doing its west overnight tonight and for the rush—hour tomorrow morning across the north of the uk. this is the beginnings of that storm, it is an area of low pressure that will rapidly deepen overnight and into tomorrow. the isa buyers squeezing in tightly so the wind is really going to kick in and ride the end of the night are pretty windy story across the northern part of the uk with some rain for scotland and northern ireland. this afternoon we start to see the first signs of that, some warm sunshine to the south but through the small hours some heavier downpours and then towards the end of the night the wind really picking up across northern ireland and the central swathe of scotland. windy story really the northern part of t

richard conway has all the action from st petersburg. "there's only one lionel messi." well, not in st petersburg today. with argentina's world cup hopes hanging by a thread, some looked for divine intervention. but it is messi who remained a beacon of hope to young and old alike, in what has so far been a disappointing world cup for his country. well, it's not long now until kick—off, and these argentina fans are determined that their world cup journey will not attend just yet.

our sports news correspondent richard conway is in moscow tonight. being the host nation can often suppress a nation and make them think they cannot go too far about russia have defied the odds against them. they were one of the lowest ranked teams coming into this competition, but they have delighted and thrilled their nation in equal measure, they have not crumbled. after crushing saudi arabia in their opening game, russian pride and hope has soared. win tonight, and the host‘s passage into the knockout stages would be almost complete. but egypt and mo salah stood in the way, also desperate for a win after their loss to uruguay. looking forward to return. the first contribution from mordovia arena. —— mohamed salah. in a cagey first half, chances were rare and mohamed salah just recovered from injury, shouldering the hopes of his nation. this effort the closest he came to giving them the lead. but it was russia‘s luck that changed after the break. golovin‘s cross was only punched clear and the bouncing follow—up was turned past his own

letsjoin richard conway in moscow for the latest. sporting history is filled with great rivalries. one of the greatest is the rivalry between lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo. ronaldo has four goals in two games for portugal. tonight was a chance for messi to respond. in a minute the latest from the england camp, but first the story of a tough night for argentina and messi. this report contains flashing images. it's enough to make anyone pensive. argentina's fans hoped one of the greatest players of all time would ink his place in history at this world cup. a certain former winning captain offered support. but against a spirited croatian team, lionel messi's chances were limited. this, the closest he came to scoring in a tight first half. ball into lionel messi! he didn't quite get the touch. then, croatia struck. chelsea's willy caballero disastrously spooning the ball up for ante rebic to hammer home. but worse was to come for argentina. luka modric, capping a wonderful performance with one of the goals of the tournament. great goal! and they weren't finished yet. rakitic! 3-0.

let's speak to our sports correspondent richard conway. richard, if you are a football fan like me you now have two subscribe have you to sky, bt and amazon making it all much more expensive to watch the a0 on the telly. making it all much more expensive to watch the 40 on the telly. and i think the way the way the packages we re think the way the way the packages were broken down by the premier league it was inevitable that there was going to be a new entrant into the market. i wanted to tempt the big online tech giants, amazon have of course coming, but they were hoping for that bidding war between the likes of netflix, google, facebook and so what. that did not materialise again. these two packages that been bought by amazon and bt should have been sold in february. negotiations have been ongoing since then and we finally have the announcement that they have been sold. it marks a new way for the premier league to be watched. 0nline streaming clearly the future for lots of tv viewing and live sport is trying to figure out how it fits int

conway explains more on this. amazon will show 20 games per season for three seasons. they will have an entire round of midweek matches in december and an entire round of games on a boxing day. that means that viewers at home all, on the ta blet that viewers at home all, on the tablet are on their phone will be able to pick their choice of game from across the whole range of premier league fixtures on those given days. so a real change in how the premier league is being broadcast there. perhaps a hint of what is to come with the other online giants perhaps entering premier league writes in the years to come. staying with football, and the premier league executive chairman richard scudamore is to stand down by the end of 2018 after nearly 20 years in the role. scudamore was appointed in november 1999 and has overseen a period of real sustained growth, culminating in the league's last uk tv deal, bringing in some £5.14 billion. how times change. world number one simona halep has another chance to finally win her fi

richard conway is in moscow. just described the scenes last night and looking ahead at what is in store today? there was a 5—0 victory, gave the hosts really the perfect start, the reaction hee this morning, russian state tv saying that the result places russia at the centre of the football universe and one of the presidents of a local club here said that russia can easily win the world cup, the expectation levels have gone through the roof as a result of that victory. russia will be looking forward to their remaining group games, as for today, we are into day two of the tournament. egypt taking on your guy two of the tournament. egypt taking on yourguy in two of the tournament. egypt taking on your guy in a short while but the breaking new is that mo salah is starting on the bench. he doesn't starting on the bench. he doesn't start for egypt, that is a result of the injury he sustained player for liverpool in the champions league final. let us see if he makes an appearance in due course in that game. morocco t

this is coming from our sports news correspondent richard conway, this isa correspondent richard conway, this is a deal, amazon securing one of the two remaining domestic premier league broadcast deals available. we are told these matches will be available on prime video in the uk at no extra cost to people who have prime membership. securing the rights for the 2019—20 season and then a three—year deal every premier league club will be featured across two four rounds of 20 matches per season. that news just coming through, we'll bring you more detail on that soon. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc newsroom live: house of fraser announces plans to close half of its department stores — putting 6,000 jobs at risk. theresa may will publish her brexit customs backstop proposals today after a crunch meeting with the brexit secretary to address his concerns. the supreme court rejects an appeal on abortion rights in northern ireland, but agrees current rules are incompatible with human rights law. shares trading on the london stock mar

richard conway was there for us. the member associations of canada, mexico and usa have been selected by the fifa... mexico and usa have been selected by the fifa. .. united in mexico and usa have been selected by the fifa... united in victory. mexico, the united states and canada can now prepare to host the 2026 world cup, a prize they insist will turbo—charge football in north america, and deliver huge revenues to invest in the worldwide growth of the game. a very emotional day for all of us. it has been a long, hard campaign. congratulations to morocco, who put it up to the very end, but we are gratified with the result of course, how can you not be? thankful to fifa, the administration, i said be? thankful to fifa, the administration, isaid in be? thankful to fifa, the administration, i said in my thank you note today, an impressivejob in a relatively short time. we are delighted. the north american beard, known as united 2026, will host 48 teams, playing 80 games across the three countries, with organisers pro

conway is at the stadium and sent this report. the rhythm of the world cup has arrived in moscow. fans from around the globe are here in their thousands, turning red square into a kaleidoscope of colour. the build—up to today's first game has presented many challenges for fifa, football's world governing body. but with kick—offjust hours away, organisers are confident of the impact the tournament will have. kicking off from the luzhniki stadium, from the beautiful luzhniki stadium. here in moscow, football will conquer the world. russia will start its campaign against saudi arabia tonight, with victory perhaps vital if the hosts are to stand any chance of progressing. tonight is a massive game for them, to get off to a good start. they are playing saudi arabia. i'm sure saudi arabia will be thinking this is their game that they have to win as well. but i think it will be difficult for this russian team. they have not got a lot of household names. of players playing in top—level football and i think it could be a real struggl