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it s not clear if the incident is connected to the euros tournament. earlier my colleague spoke to gary rose on the telephone who is 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 fan zone 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 expected to be around 30,000 dutch fans. i would imagine there s sort of similar ish figures for the polish fans as well. majority, this is about a 40,000, 45,000 seat stadium. so with 15,000 tickets sold, i believe, for each sets of supp ....
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, ....
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 t ....
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 ....
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 fa ....