it s13 games without a win for northern ireland in the nations league now, after they were beaten by kosovo, a country over 50 places below them in the world rankings. kosovo making home advantage count, going two up early on and never really looking threatened after that. daniel ballard got the second of northern ireland s goals, but they lost 3 2, and the result now adds more pressure on manager ian barraclough. the former under 21s manager has won just three of his side s19 competitive games since taking charge. with just over a month to go before the world athletics championships, britain s dina asher smith finished third in the 200m in the diamond league meeting in rome. asher smith, who ll defend her world title in america next month, was happy that she ran a season s best time of 22.27 seconds, but it wasn t enough to beat the olympic champion, elaine thompson herah, who came second. her fellowjamaican shericka jackson won the race. olympic silver medalist laura muir