cup. questions over the future of antonio conte, his extraordinary outbusting leaving many to ask how much longer he will be in the job. leaving many to ask how much longer he will be in thejob. and gymnastics under the spotlight. we will have more on the campaign for better practises in the sport. also coming up. from delivering parcels to collecting trophy, we meet the golfer celebrating a big win. still not sunk in golfer celebrating a big win. still not sunk in to golfer celebrating a big win. st 11 not sunk in to be golfer celebrating a big win. st it not sunk in to be honest. it has been a goal of mine to achieve it. it is a dream come true. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. fulham and their striker aleksander mitrovic could face further punishment from the fa, over behaviour towards referee chris kavanagh in their fa cup quarterfinal exit to manchester united yesterday. mitrovic was given a red card for pushing him in protest at a penalty awarded against his s
well and that is a great match for all of us as well. for me here, reviewing the world cup campaign looking at how we move forward and really leaving no stirring unturned. we know that there are 16 places to qualify for the european championships, and my mind is completely focused on that in how we get into that 16. more managerial news, roberto martinez has been appointed portugal head coach. martinez stood down as belgium coach after six years in charge following their group stage exit at the world cup in qatar last month. he replaces fernando santos who resigned after portugal s quarterfinal exit, and one of his first tasks will be to address the future of cristiano ronaldo. translation: he has been with the national team translation: he has been with the national team for translation: he has been with the national team for 19 translation: he has been with the national team for 19 years translation: he has been with the national team for 19 years and i translation: he has be
the players arrived home last night after their dramatic quarterfinal exit. gareth southgate said the atmosphere was flat following saturday s defeat to the defending champions france. the players landed at birmingham airport around 7pm, and after a few days rest will be back in training with their club sides ahead of the premier league season restarting on boxing day. the world cup of course continues with the first semifinal between argentina and croatia tomorrow evening. that s all the sport for now. gareth southgate saying he feels conflicted now as to whether or not he will continue in the job after a run of poor results over the summer, some of the things that were said about him at the time he says have affected him and he is now going to have a moment of reflection over the next couple of weights he says, to decide whether or not he has the energy to continue in the role, to lead england, who will return to action in march, when the next qualifying campaign for the next major
it looks like england have taken a backward step, because in russia they reached the semifinals, last year that fantastic run to the final of the european championship a quarterfinal exit here? gareth southgate says he has no regrets whatsoever, or at least very few, he says they take a collective responsibility, it is notjust about a harry kane missed a penalty, which wouldn t have won the game for england and probably would have forced extra time, and then who knows what might have happened? they went toe to toe with the world champions, and there are certainly positives out of this england performance in their two or three weeks here in qatar. this is not a team that will be lambasted on their arrival back home from a major tournament, southgate saying today that they are now consistently feeding from the top table of european and world football. here is sports editor dan roan. out of the tournament they believed they could win, england s dejected players left their hotel earlier
good afternoon, i m gavin ramjaun from the bbc sport centre, and these are your latest sports headlines. the final teams enter the fray, at the qatar world cup today. and the first of today s four matches saw switzerland kick their campaign off with a win. the swiss beat cameroon in group g, and it was their cameroon born striker breel embolo who scored the only goal of the game, early in the second half. embolo decided not to celebrate what proved to be the winning goal raised both hands while appearing to apologise. embolo was born in yaounde, but received swiss citizenship in 2014 after spending his youth career in the country. brazil are favourites in that group and to win the whole tournament for a sixth time. big things are expected after a disappointing quarterfinal exit in russia four years ago. they play serbia this evening, live on bbc one at seven o clock. serbia s manager dragan stojkovic says his side won t show any fear. they game will start 0 0, so brazil has a chanc