you re watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with football news. england have beaten serbia in their first game at the european championship in germany. jude bellingham scored the only goal in the first half. the real madrid player picked out a pass from bukayo saka. and these were the jubilant scenes at an england fan zone in london as the goal went in. gareth southgate s side are one of the favourites to win the tournament, having reached the final in the last tournament. they ground out a crucial win. it s the kind of game perhaps england may have drawn or even lost. if the four time that england have won the crucial opening game and they know who they can grow into it. first half, angling were really good. bellingham majestic as we heard. soccer as well. saccur. they looked a little leggy at times. there will be a debate of whether there team was balance at times, but southgate will look at that and get off to a winning sta
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
germany, outside the stadium i am being told, where england are one of the favourites to win the tournament. of course, having reached the final in the last euros. a lot of excitement and anticipation. the live shot in gelsenkirchen as england have kicked off their first game in the euro 2024 campaign. let s have a little look at the live scene in london where the fans are watching and fan zones as well. this is south london, in brixton, where we will be dipping in brixton, where we will be dipping in to watch the action and anticipation when and if we see any goals during the game. we are keeping an eye on that. there was violence in gelsenkirchen during the match build up a little bit earlier. police made several arrests after a fight broke out at a cafe which was packed with fans. british police say that no england supporters appear to have been detained. the police have said that the england serbia match is a high risk game in terms of potential violence between fans. i
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. already off to a winning start netherlands come from behind to beat poland thanks to their super sub. # 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 7pm. 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 evening. kick off is edging closer.
we were belied with football fans here in the uk and we will have much more coverage of the term and that is taking place in germany. firstly,. german police say they shot at a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and an molotov cocktail, close to a fanzone at the euro 2024 football tournament, in central hamburg. the attacker was injured in the leg and has been receiving medical care but his condition is not life threatening. these pictures show a man wielding an axe, being confronted by police. they 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. it is not thought to be related to the game between the netherlands and poland, which took place today. a spokesperson for the hamburg police, spoke shortly after the incident. translation: according to what we know now, i a man came out of a restaurant. he obviously had a molotov cockt