Have, fight, fridays draw will decide who they are going to face, and were, it which could be critical in deciding the eventual winners. Weve got young players, everybody is willing to play for their nation. We will play as a team, collectively and individually. Everybody is working hard together and the managers are telling us to go out and enjoy the football. I think we will go as far as we can this season to make nigeria proud. While italy are the most notable absentee is, it is difficult to look past the usual suspects. Reigning champions germany and five time winners brazil looked to be the favourites, but could this be the year and newcomer shines . I slant shocked the footballing world by reaching the quarter finals of last yea rs by reaching the quarter finals of last years euros in france. Iceland. Along with panama, they make their debut on the global stage in russia. With a population ofjust 330,000 people, less than the city of moscow, iceland are the smallest nation to ever compete in the world cup. The appetites of the wars showpiece event is as strong as ever, with three quarters of a million tickets already sold. An interesting mix of fans from all over the world. Of course, russian fa ns over the world. Of course, russian fans are the biggest population, and then we have some of the usual suspects from brazil, germany. With the buildup to the world cup marred byissues the buildup to the world cup marred by issues of integrity and found safety, fridays draw will take place inside the kremlin, underlining the tournaments sporting and political importance. The fates of the teams will be in the hands of former players who practised the draw earlier this week. It is a big event that everybody wants. Everybody wants to know, the fans, the people, where to go, were to book their hotels, their flights. It is going to be nice to see the fate of all the national teams. Although questions still remain about the suitability of the host, the teams are just hours away from taking centre stage, with the road to russia almost complete. Well, one of the 32 teams involved in fridays draw is south korea, who have qualified for their ninth world cup ina have qualified for their ninth world cup in a row, 10th in total. They are easily the most experienced of the five teams representing the asian confederation, but hopes are not high that they will get through the group stage, fort would only be the group stage, fort would only be the third time in their history. Here in south korea, the general sentiment is that it will be difficult for the south korean team to advance to the round of 16 at the upcoming 2018 world cup in russia. Pa rt upcoming 2018 world cup in russia. Part of this has to do with the recent change of head coach, following a string of poor results, in the third round of qualifiers, the head coach was fired and he was replaced by shn tae yo, only in july, for the remainder of the qualifying rounds. Some observers say this has taken a toll on the tea m say this has taken a toll on the team dynamics. Shin has also been in hot water since, after korea was beaten by russia last month in pulmonary matches. However, last month team did manage to beat serbia and colombia, giving hope to football fa ns and colombia, giving hope to football fans that things might be changing after all. As we know, the tea m changing after all. As we know, the team is nicknamed as the tiger warriors, and many people in south korea are looking forward to seeing these warriors in anticipation, which they have certainly done in the past. England may be competing at next summers world cup with sam alla rdyce summers world cup with Sam Allardyce as their manager, of course, but it is his very brief 1 game stint with the national team. He has been boss of Crystal Palace and is now everton. Big sam signed and is now everton. Big sam signed an18 and is now everton. Big sam signed an 18 month deal and becomes the permanent successor to ronald koeman, who was sacked last month with the club 18th in the premier league. Everton have earned two victories from their eight matches under caretaker manager david irons were, with alan dyce watching the 40 were, with alan dyce watching the 4 0 win over west ham on saturday in the stands at goodison park. The 63 year old says the law of the evertonjob and 63 year old says the law of the everton job and their ambition proved persuasive. Another big upset in the cooper delray on thursday. Seventh Division Side kiddies are through after knocking at a rail betters. They were two down after the first leg and ended up going through 6 5 on aggregate. Alvarez, a spaniel and valencia are through to the last 16. So either the rialto who overturned their deficit to go through 3 1 on aggregate. 0ver who overturned their deficit to go through 3 1 on aggregate. Over in the copper inter alia, the lineup for the last 16 of the italian competition is complete. Genuine beat crotone 1 0 and will go to juventus in the next round. It was raining goals in udinese as the home side hammered is perugia 8 3. They will go away to napoli in the last 16. Tiger woods returns to action in the bahamas on thursday. He stole the bahamas on thursday. He stole the spotlight despite the field containing eight of the worlds top ten golfers, as he begins what could be his final attempt at a comeback. Tiger woods, who has won 1a majors, is now ranked above 1000 in the world. He has not played since back spasms are bought at his last comeback attempts ten months ago. He looks to be doing 0k, opening up with a three under par round of 69. Some consistency from him. He is two shots ahead of the defending champion, Hideki Matsuyama from japan. The world numberfive began the defence of his title with a one under par71. The defence of his title with a one under par 71. Leading the way is tommy fleetwood, a man who recently won the european tours raced to divide. A six under par round of 66, leading by one shot. Cricket now, and an absolute horror show for the west indies on the first day of the first test against new zealand at the Basin Reserve in wellington. Abe wohling masterclass from neil wagner, who has obliterated the windies batting lineup. A bowling masterclass. He was on 64 29 at one point. This is despite a solid opening stand between craig retweet and cairo and power. It is currently 118 49. Spare a thought for sunil ambrose, the west indies batsman making his test debut earlier, out in the first ball when he knocked the bails off his own stumps. Now, some news from down under, where final preparations for saturdays second ashes test are under way. The hosts lead the series after a crushing ten wicket win in the first test in brisbane. For england, the ongoing saga surrounding ben stokes rumbles on and threatens to overs ha d ow rumbles on and threatens to overshadow this tour the tour. He is set to return to competitive cricket on sunday. It will not be in australia, but not too far away either. Welcome to the adelaide oval. You and me you can see the australian players being through their paces. Behind me. Earliertoday, england trained in sweltering conditions, temperatures into the 30s, although they are forecast to drop significant leak over the next two days. By the time play gets under way on saturday, temperatures should the down into the high teens, which you can imagine will be more to englands liking. As they were beginning training, news came through of ben stokes signing for the new zealand side canterbury. He could make his debut on sunday, which, intriguingly, is the second day of the test here. It does seem increasingly unlikely ben stokes will feature for england in this ashes series. He might need to wait avril weeks before he finds out whether he will be charged. Weight several weeks. The ecb will wait for that position before any review of whether he can play for england. What do the england players make of it . Is this turning into a distraction for them . Earlier on we heard from england fast bowlerjimmy anderson. It isnt something we really think about. Its not. We dont not talk about it deliberately, you know, itjust doesnt come up. We are really focused on trying to win this test series. I think it is important that we do focus on that. Because, you know, if there are any distractions outside of our group, that will probably inhibit us. So we try to really focus on the cricket. Jimmy anderson could be a key man, as far as england are concerned here. The pink all those have a tendency to swing under the floodlights. That would suit his style of bowling. Australia, of course, have the momentum after that victory in the first test in brisbane. They know that if they win here in adelaide, the ashes will be within touching distance. That is all the time we have left for now. Of course, you can get all the latest sports news on our website. From me and the rest of the sport today team, we will see you very soon. Goodbye. Some of us experienced more snow showers on thursday night but with a lot more cold air moving in, the showers will return back to sleet or rain as we go through the morning. Early on, bearing in mind where we have had the showers overnight there will be icy patches around through eastern parts of scotland and northern england. Still a scattering of showers through the east of england. Most falling as rain. Showers through the west of wales are now clearing away and more of us will be dry and see some sunshine. There will be good sunny spells around during the afternoon and the temperature a little higher than was on thursday. It will just not feel as cold or wintry as it did to many places are dry that the best of the sunshine in england and wales. And increasing cloud in northern ireland, an area of cloud and patchy rain working southwards through scotland. Behind that, showers following. As we go on into friday evening and friday night we will keep the cloud heading southwards across the uk and that means temperatures are not dropping. There will still be a touch of frost in cold spots across the south in particular on friday night but by saturday morning some temperatures will rise. If we look at the big picture going into the weekend, we have had arctic air across the uk. That gets nudged southwards and an atlantic influence is coming across. That means it is less cold and temperatures are getting closer to average for this time of year with mild air coming in. It takes a while to get into the south eastern parts of england and could still be chilly on saturday but on sunday it will arrive. This atlantic air is coming, it has a great deal of cloud around. There is patchy cloud and there will be sunny spells so its five degrees in norwich but 10 degrees in stornoway, feeling the benefits of mild air. Part two of the weekend on sunday, a lot of cloud around. Cloud thick enough in some spots to produce patchy light rain does not amount to too much. Hazy through the eastern uk and temperatures closer to average. Main stories of the weekend is mild, less cold air coming in but it comes with plenty of cloud. While there will be dry weather around, cloud will produce patchy light rain at times. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. My name is duncan golestani. Our top stories he was wrong to re tweet material from a far right group. The british Prime Minister criticises President Trump. Is he losing hisjob . The white house refuses to confirm whether President Trump still has confidence in his secretary of state, rex tillerson. The Argentine Navy abandons efforts to rescue the crew of a submarine that disappeared two weeks ago. And a large iceberg breaks off a glacier in southern chile. Scientists say its because of climate change
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