Minutes. Englands footballers are into the final of the under 20s world cup. Mens or womens, has reached a globalfinal, since 1966. Paul simpsons side, full of players with Premier League experience, beat italy in the semi final in south korea and will now face venezuela. Heres our sports correspondentjoe wilson. This is england, this is different. The fa would say that they now have a plan, a system, a vision. We have heard of golden generations before, so heard of golden generations before, so whats the score mac . Two minix, 10, so whats the score mac . Two minix, 1 0, italy. English football has yearned for confidence on the ball, with the nerve and skill to do, well, to do this. Minix and lanky mist then but it wasnt the end, he is going to liverpool next season and was in the right place for this chance. Stay calm, there is a match to win. Crosses kept coming in, italy could not defend them all. Lukman is one of evertons rising stars. Italy were looking ragged by the end and solani made it 3 1. Now england are in a World Cup Final. Lets get more on englands achievement now. A little earlier i spoke to our football reporterjohn bennett. I think it is highly significant, first World Cup Final for any england team since 1966, that says it all. Age group teams for england are starting to do better, we saw the under 17 is in the finals of the euros, the under 21s winning the two long fallen to long tournament. This group have been doing well, paulson is and is doing a good job asa paulson is and is doing a good job as a coach paul simpson. They have been together for a as a coach paul simpson. They have been togetherfor a number of yea rs. Have been togetherfor a number of years. The real challenge for these players is to get first team football. Between them, 72 Premier League appearances, Adam Armstrong with the most, 15. That is the challenge for this group of players. Brilliant achievement. Perhaps they will go on to win it, i think they will go on to win it, i think they will be favourites in the final. In south korea they have been trialling Video Technology which has worked with some affect, players getting sent off for elbows and what have you. In the semifinal between venezuelan and uruguay, a clanger from the referee. The czar incident, this has been used through the tournament a bizarre incident. They are going to use it in the fa cup next season. Uruguay on the attack against venezuelan, the attacker goes down, the referee says no penalty. You can see the replay, a good decision because the defender got the ball. But the referee got the nod from the video system that they need to look at it again, he goes to the screen, looks at the incident and changes his mind. Uruguay scoring, going 1 0 up, luckily venezuelan equalising and winning a penalty shoot out so it didnt have a massive impact but it shows you, Video Technology will not be the cue all for all problems. Would have worked if the marine knew what he was looking at, it was bad refereeing. It was that rather than video error. We have seen Video Technology working in the past, england against spain, two decisions overturned. This shows you that there are problems with video refereeing. We will see it in the world cup and the fa cup next season. Englands senior men will head to glasgow tomorrow as they prepare to face scotland on saturday. They are at the halfway stage in group f. England are top on 13 points with four wins and a draw. The scots lie fourth, six points behind. Our Sports Correspondnet Andy Swiss Looks ahead to the match. Hampden park, a picture of training tranquillity, but not for much longer, as scotland try and turn back the clock and ramp up the volume. A goal 32 years since the famous Hampden Cheer celebrated a win over england but one of the stars of the team is in charge of this one and hoping that they will give the fans plenty to shout about. This is a huge, exciting game, one eve ryo ne this is a huge, exciting game, one everyone is looking forward to. A lot of people in good form, must show enthusiasm and use the enthusiasm of the crowd. Everyone wa nts enthusiasm of the crowd. Everyone wants us to win, thats for sure. The scotland players know that this isa game the scotland players know that this is a game with so much riding on it, defeat and their hopes of reaching the world cup would be hanging by a thread. So, can the tartan army inspire them to Something Special . They may need it against an england tea m they may need it against an england team who are top of the group and have their own special motivation. Last weekend harry kane and company swapped football kit for Combat Fatigues and a Training Exercise in devon with the royal marines. Definitely situations i havent been in before, i put up my own tent, we had a sleeping bag in the middle of the forest. Not something im used to. Some of it was physically tough but most of it was about mental strength and thats the thing that i took a lot from it and i think that the lads did too. Footballs oldest rivalry remains as keen as ever, at hampden park busy in the Scotland Fa Ns hampden park busy in the scotland fans can remember the good times against england including when they beat the then World Champions in 1967. The scot s second goal. 50 yea rs 1967. The scot s second goal. 50 years on from that famous win they will be keen to prove that the glory days are not just will be keen to prove that the glory days are notjust a thing of the past. A lot of International Football this weekend. Northern ireland who are second in group c are away to azerbaijan on saturday. Wales have a really tough qualifier against the group d leaders serbia in belgrade on sunday. Wales are third in the group, victory and they would be just a point off the serbians, but can they do that without gareth bale who is suspended . Yeah, of course were going to miss him, theres no point hiding from that fact. He is key to us, a world class that fact. He is key to us, a world class player. But you know, i think one of the main qualities of this group is that were all about teamwork, we all about resilience and we see it as a chance to sort of tackle the challenge and we are confident that weve still got enoughin confident that weve still got enough in the squad to get a good result. Lets whizz through some of the other football headlines today. Craig shakespeare has been given a three Year Contract at leicester city. He was given the job until the end of the season back in february, following the sacking of Claudio Ranieri and led leicester to safety and also the Champions League Quarter Finals. Diego costa says that the chelsea manager Antonio Conte sent him a text message to tell him hes not part of the champions plans next season. He scored 20 times as he helped them win the Premier League. It was his second title. Zlatan ibrahimovic is unlikely to wear a Manchester United shirt again. Theres an option for a second year in the swedes contract that runs out at the end of the month, but the 35 year old ruptured Knee Ligaments in april and the club look set to release him. To new zealand, following their defeat to the Auckland Blues yesterday, today some of the lions staff visited the Canterbury Earthquake national memorial. Captain sam warburton, head coach Warren Gatland and tour managerjohn spencer, paid their respects to the victims of the 2011 disaster, which claimed the lives of 185 people. They face the super rugby side Canterbury Crusaders this saturday, who are unbeaten this season. There are more changes for the lions, who will be skippered by alun wynjones. After this match, every member of the lions squad will have had a start on tour. It was always the plan, to give guys opportunities and also to start thinking about some combinations. Weve played a few combinations together and after saturday, start thinking about obviously the highlanders game, putting a group together for the game next weekend as well and then finalising and preparing things for the test. New zealands coach steve hansen named his squad for the test series today and for the first time there will be a Trio Oif Today and for the first time there will be a trio of brothers in the same squad. Scott and Beauden Barrett are joined by the uncapped 20 year old fly halfjordie. Performances for the hurricanes have been outstanding and when youre ready, youre ready, doesnt matter if you are six foot one or 6 foot four, thats nothing to do with it, its your ability to cope with pressure and to display the skills necessary to perform at that level and hes done it, very easily. England are in argentina with identical twins in their squad. Tom and ben curry. 0ur reporter Patrick Gearey caught up with the sale forwards before they left for south america. 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The big hitting didnt stop there, as sri lanka too fancied a bit of fun with the bat. But some impressive fielding from india stunted their reply. Kumar, fielding off his own bowling, with this excellent run out to remove dangerman mendis. The indian cheers soon disappeared though as sri lankan captain Angelo Mathews hit the winning runs to seal a seven wicket victory. India now need to beat south africa on sunday to progress to the last four. Its been a good Champions Trophy for england so far with 2 wins out of 2 and they are sure of a place in the semi finals. Joe root has scored almost 200 runs and one man trying to make him and many of the england batsmen better is former hampshire playerjulian wood. Using practices learned from other sports his Coaching Methods are helping transform the modern game. Ben croucher has been to meet him. From wg grace to peter maher. Cricket used to be a game of grace. Now its all about big bats which is where this man comes in. You hit here and over the offside. Julian wood isnt your regular batting coach. He is a hitting coach. One more, good stuff. I basically go along and get them to hit the ball ha rd along and get them to hit the ball hard and further more consistently. When i was brought up, what they we re when i was brought up, what they were telling me was wrong. I think theres a different way of doing things and i think the way the game is going, this is an absolute must. Youre in that position, get wider, catch it, one here and catch it, one there. Gone are the days of getting your head over the ball and gliding it through the covers, with gizmos picked up from baseball is all about hitting the ball as hard as you can. Julians Focus On Power Hitting rather than textbook batting isnt just for show on the school playing fields, he has attracted the attention of englands star players. Ben stokes, joe root and Sam Billings Have benefited from julians expertise and with bats carrying sensors to say how strongly players are hitting it, the science is starting to hit home. It makes a difference and we need to be doing it earlier in our career to be better at it, someone telling you what you are doing. Since the last shambolic world cup display, england have led the way with more scores above 300 than any other nation including two in the Champions Trophy and they have led the way in six hitting too. If i have had a bit to do with how england play white ball cricket, thats pretty or will to me. Pretty cool. If you can hit the ball at 100 miles an hour on the ground, if you hit it 100 miles are now in the air, it goes for six. Its a risky game but with that comes its a risky game but with that co m es reward its a risky game but with that comes reward and julians unorthodox ripping up of the Coaching Manual may be good news for batsmen and not such good news for fielders. Its womens semi finals day at the french open. First up the swiss Timea Bascinszky on her birthday Againstjelena 0stapenko and its her birthday as well, and she had the better one. Shes the first latvian to reach a grand slam final and first unseeded women to reach the final at Roland Garros since Mima Jausovec in 1983. Hannah lupton reports. Smiles for the two birthday girls but no time for singing, with the french open final place at stake it was down to business. Eight years was down to business. Eight years was the difference Betweenjelena 0stapenko and timea bacsinszky. In the first set they were separated by a tie break. 0stapenko came out on top, one set away from her first grand slam final. The second set sought more breaks than a Snooker Match with bascinszky pushing, the cracks starting to show, her sixth break taking it to a decider. In 0stapenko here is a fresh face with a mature attacking game, Fitting Forehands timed faster than andy murray. In powering through the third set 6 3 she became the first player from latvia to reach a third set 6 3 she became the first Playerfrom Latvia to reach a major final. 0n Playerfrom Latvia to reach a major final. On her first Playerfrom Latvia to reach a major final. 0n herfirst Day Playerfrom latvia to reach a major final. On her first day of her 20s, 0ster banco came of age. And in the other semi final the 2014 finalist Simona Halep Is Playing Second Seed karolina pliskova. Halep was in control of the opening set after winning an early break, and clinched it with a minimum of fuss. Before this year, pliskova, whos from the czech republic, had never gone past the second round at Roland Garros. But she won the second set to level and take the match into a decider. Looks like simona halep is running away with it, she leads 4 1. World number one gordon reid lost his Quarter Final in the wheelchair mens singles with a straight sets defeat by argentinas gustavo fernandez, the man who beat him in last years final. Andy murray is attempting to reach his second final in a row at Roland Garros when he plays Stan Wawrinka in the semi finals tomorrow the swiss is the Man Murray Beat at the same stage last year. Murray has been improving round by round after a year spent battling injury, illness and a loss of form. Hes also been fighting against berating himself and his Coaching Team during matches, but his coach says hes getting better. I think andy needs to get his energy out. As long as he can focus on the next point it doesnt matter too much. So you dont mind sitting there and taking it . As long as he focuses on the next point. If he can dissect what happened and focus, im 0k. If you were to pick one of the iconic sporting moment moment in the past year, i bet that this one would feature, heres a reminder if youve forgotten it. Hollie webb is on her way to win gold for Great Britain. She turns and scores thats the golden goal. Great britain have won the olympic gold medal. Hockey history makers. Great britain, the olympic champions and they are on top of the world. England players made up the majority of that team that beat The Netherlands in the 0lympic final last year. Still gives me goose bumps. They play against each other on sunday and before that they face argentina on saturday in the investec internationals. Joining me to look forward to an important weekend for englands team is one of the gold medallists from rio. It is going to be a spectacular weekend to play. Argentina, ranked number three and holland, number one in the world, at home soil in lea valley is going to be incredible. I have tickets for the argentina game but sold out on sunday, it will be a fantastic weekend. The tickets went in minutes for the match against The Netherlands, unbelievable. Unprecedented for our sport. Within two hours they were sold out. Coming back from rio we had 10,000 people going to the games, it is amazing that there is the will for people to go. I know you have put up some extra stands for the supporters. It wasnt too shabby a memory from there in london 2012. London was spectacular and thats what makes lea valley so special, people can remember the team who won bronze. The amazing support staff and the women, it was time and dedication in rio. Just listening to holly who scored the goal, it was a Dream Come True and its fantastic that so many of the Hockey Family are going to watch us over the weekend. The last 0lympic Cycle from london to rio, that obviously went very well and we are now one year into the next 0lympic Cycle. Where is the Great Britain team at at the moment . Weve come back together, we are a team of 33, we are National Lottery funded, which is amazing, so we train at bisham abbey. Anyone who tune into how we played in rio, we were the greatest tea m how we played in rio, we were the greatest team and it is about recreating that, our strengths. A very exciting time for hockey. The netherlands playing argentina, ranked right up there. Everyone is going to come looking for Great Britain now and england because you are the ones Everyone Wants to beat. Its going to be a different dynamic leading up to tokyo, isnt it over the next three years . The Investor International s are a great chance for us to play against the world number one and the world number three, both fantastic teams. Weve never been in this position before, where as england we must defend the european title and try and defend a title in tokyo. Its going to take 33 women, an Amazing Group of staff, the best programme in the world, to try and recreate that. Our challenge is winning after winning and that is going to be incredibly hard and how we Work Together after that is the very exciting part of the sport. What you see in the Olympic Games is the final bit in our preparation. The work is done in the years and months before you get there. Thank you forjoining us. Gets down to the Hockey Centre in lea valley if you can to watch englands women this weekend. Usain bolt makes his final appearance on his home track in kingston this weekend the multiple olympic and World Champion will retire after this summers World Championships in london. As a defending World Champion, bolt has got an automatic place in the Jamaican Team for the august championships so wont have to compete at the national trials. His Prime Minister has been leading the tributes to the eight time olympic champion. Clearly hes not just clearly hes notjust a track figure, he is a public figure, he has his private life and hes still a young man but what i admire about the same bolt is that he has managed to excel, to reach the pinnacle of his sport without any suggestion of impropriety about usain bolt. Without any artificial enhancements to achieve what he has done. That is so valuable today in competitive sport, that someone can achieve the great feat of humankind without artificial enhancements. That, to me, is notjust a value to jamaica, as ambassador, but value to the sport. And to people as well, that if you work hard, you dont need to cheat, you dont need to use artificial enhancements. Finally sailing and the latest from the americas cup semi finals where sir ben ainslies land rover bar team trailed new zealand 3 1 overnight. Ainslies boat had a a50 metre lead at the start of the race and led for 5 of the 7 legs, however they were ultimately unable to hold off the faster boat of Emirates Team new zealand to extend their lead to 4 1 up. They need just one win to knock sir ben ainslies boat out. Thats it from all of us. 0n the day that an england side reached the World Cup Final for the First Time Since 1966. Well done to them. More sport on bbc news through the evening. Weve seen a bit more sunshine through the afternoon but weve also seen areas of rain and one part of the country that has had some heavy showers is near wigan. You can see the main area of cloud and Rain Pushing North over scotland, showers coming behind it but the wettest weather has been over northern ireland. The Weather Warning should be fading away as the wet weather moves north, to the north west of scotland. Still some showers across other parts of the uk and some clear skies as well. Not too cold overnight despite the temperatures being disappointing for many of us today, 11 or 12 degrees in the morning. 8am, going to work perhaps into the rush hour, some showers in south wales, running up through the Bristol Channel towards bristol, perhaps, and showers further east but for many places in england and wales they will start dry with some sunshine. Dry weather over northern ireland, a sunny start after the downpours, still some rain in scotland, north of the central belt, but not as heavy and it will continue to beat out through the day. Sunshine and showers across the uk. The main showers from the west to the east by the afternoon with more sunshine following on and for a good part of the day it should be dry with some sunny spells and higher temperatures than today, at around 22, 23 in the south east but it is only a Brief Respite because we have low pressure from the atlantic. These Weather Fronts will be coming our way and not everywhere will get some rain on saturday. Mainly running north away into scotla nd mainly running north away into scotland and then the rain getting stuck across northern england, england, wales and the south west. For the south east of innard it might stay dry over the weekend. 22, 20 three degrees. Elsewhere the numbers are more typical of what wed expect at this time of year. The band of Rain Running East and then fading away overnight, it should be clear by Sunday Morning and then we will have some sunshine and then we will have some sunshine and showers. The most frequent showers to the north west. Mixed bag for the weekend, some rain, a bit of a breeze on saturday and on sunday, sunshine and showers. Hello and welcome to 100 days plus. James comey says donald trump lied about his firing and he feared hed lie about other things too. But the former director of the fbi does not accuse the president of obstructing justice he says hell leave that judgement to others. At a senate hearing, mr comey says he believes he was fired in order to alter the course of the Russia Investigation. It is myjudgement that is was fired because of the Russia Investigation. I was fired in some way to change or the endeavour was to change the way the Russia Investigation was being conducted. That is a very big deal. At a rally for evangelicals President Trump chose to ignore the hearings its not what he wants his administration to be about. I have one goal as president , to fight for