episode of newscast now it s time for today s sunday episode of newscast with laura kuenssberg and paddy o connell. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s laura in the studio. it s paddy in the studio. and i m so relieved that you didn t ask me about whatever they ve changed to do with football, something or other, because i would have had to try to have a stab at it, and it would have been embarrassing for all concerned. there s a lot of politicians bigging up their love of football. 0h, crikey! which i actually. do you know what, i m always trying to say i m not cynical. it s fine if it s authentic. exactly. like keir starmer is a massive football fan. he likes going to football grounds. that also makes sense for them politically because of the image it projects, but he is a genuine football fan. some of them aren t always, and we did have a bit of a laugh about it on our show this morning. but the main thing we talked about this morning on the programme, not exclusively, but w
sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this sunday night, with me chetan pathak. coming up on the programme. hoping for no more years of hurt can england make a winning start at the euros? kick off against serbia is under 90 minutes away. is under 30 minutes away. # football s coming home! already off to a winning start netherlands come from behind to beat poland thanks to their super sub. ten years since his last major can rory mcilroy make it a night to remember at the us open? we ll have the latest on the final day in north carolina. also coming up on sportsday before 8pm. jack draper delivers his first atp tour title as the british number one wins in stuttgart. and heartbreakfor scotland as they miss out on a place in the knockout stage of the cricket world cup as england scape through, thanks to australia. welcome along, thank you forjoining us this sunday night. england s opening match at euro 2024 is approaching in germany. at the last championship they re
now on bbc news, newscast with laura kuenssberg and paddy o connell. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s laura in the studio. it s paddy in the studio. and i m so relieved that you didn t ask me about whatever they ve changed to do with football, something or other, because i would have had to try to have a stab at it, and it would have been embarrassing for all concerned. there s a lot of politicians bigging up their love of football. 0h, crikey! which i actually. do you know what, i m always trying to say i m not cynical. it s fine if it s authentic. exactly. like keir starmer is a massive football fan. he likes going to football grounds. that also makes sense for them politically because of the image it projects, but he is a genuine football fan. some of them aren t always, and we did have a bit of a laugh about it on our show this morning. but the main thing we talked about this morning on the programme, not exclusively, but we talked a lot about health and social care bec
on his eventual retirement. he says finishing a wimbledon or paris olympics would be fitting. good evening. england passed their first test at the euros in germany with a win against serbia. the only goal, from jude bellingham, reflected a strong england performance in the first half, but the going got tougher in the second half. let s cross straight to our sports editor dan roan, who is in gelsenkirchen for us now. it is interesting, in the build up to this tournament, gareth southgate, ahead of his fourth and possibly final final is in charge, had warned england s fans this would not be easy against a dangerous looking serbian side, and so it proved. # sweet caroline.# lunchtime in gelsenkirchen and england fans already making themselves heard as they flocked, full of euros confidence. we are going to win it. it s coming home, it has to be our year, this year. we say it every time! we re just really excited to be here. can t wait, can t wait to get in that ground. it s our
police in hamburg have shot and injured a person who threatened them with an axe. police use pepper spray, and then fire several shots. this video doesn t capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we ve paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. earlier my colleague nicky schiller spoke to bbc sportjournalist gary rose on the phone, he s currently in hamburg. i m at the stadium now, which is around about five miles away from the centre of hamburg. i was in the fanzone area this morning where it seems reported that this incident took place. and there was thousands of dutch fans at that point because they always do a traditional walk to the stadium. and throughout the morning, obviously, there was no indication of any trouble. since i ve got to the stadium, that s when the news developed. and at the moment, everything seems to be going ahead here as planned, basically. how many supporters are in the city? so, this fan walk particularly was expec