a reminder of our top story. as belgium reports its first case of the new variant the health secretary ones that could pose a substantial risk here. that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m chetan pathak. coming up this friday night. wales and scotland find out who stands between them and a place at next year s world cup we ll bring you the full play off draw. scotland and wales women are both in world cup qualifying action tonight the build up is on its way and just who is the man on his way to manchester united we dig a little deeper into the career of ralf rangnick, all set to be interim boss at old trafford. also coming up on the programme before seven. australia name their new captain for the ashes as pat cummins replaces tim paine $and we ll tell you why barbarians will make history at twickenham tomorrow welcome along, thanks forjoining us.
$and we ll tell you why barbarians will make history at twickenham tomorrow welcome along, thanks forjoining us. so the wait is over. wales and scotland now know who they have to beat if they re to reach the world cup finals in qatar next year. and only one of them can make it there because they d potentially meet in a play off final. wales, hoping to to reach their first world cup in 64 years, have been drawn at home to austria. whilst scotland, who ve waited 2a years to play in a world cup also have a home draw against ukraine. in the other play off semi finals, russia face poland, sweden take on czech republic, it s portugal v turkey and italy against north macedonia.
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But we will leave it there. ian dennis, thank you. wales women are hoping to make their first major finals appearance. tonight they take on greece in their world cup oualifer. they re currently second in their goup behind the favourites france. finishing second would get wales a play off place. our reporter lowri roberts has been speaking to lowri roberts the head of women s and girls football at the welsh fa wales women are currently second in their group and i win this evening against greece would keep their world cup qualifying bid on track, so what of their hopes of beating greece this evening? let s speak to the head of women s football at the fa wales, what do wales have to do to win this evening? what is important to remember is we have france on tuesday and for us not to have one eye on france because the message from gemma to the players has very much been that tonight is the game that could impact our qualification if we don t get the three points so we have to get the thr
And if wales win their semi final, and scotland do the same they d meet in the play off final in cardiff which is why only one of them can make it to qatar. and this draw also means that either the european champions italy or cristiano ronaldo s portugal will not be going to the world cup, because they re on a path to face each other in one of the other play off finals. so wales and scotland are on a potential colission course. but they ve got to get through their semi finals first. let s get the thoughts of our senior football reporter ian dennis. we start with scotland. steve clarke said it was as tough a draw as scotland could get on that will be difficult for them to get past. it will be difficult for them to get ast. , ., will be difficult for them to get ast, , ., ~ ., past. it is indeed and ukraine reached the past. it is indeed and ukraine reached the last past. it is indeed and ukraine reached the last eight - past. it is indeed and ukraine reached the last eight of- re