Should be an easy three points for Northern Ireland but they promise not to be complacent against san marino. And its finals day in the kia super league. The defending champions, southern vipers, have made an imperious start against western storm. Also coming up. The cheaters from south africa. It is a new era in the new pro 14. Cheetahs. Good evening. Lots coming up in the programme to set you up for the weekend. It could be make or break for the home nations over the next few days of world cup qualifying. All four can still make it to russia next summer. Well have the latest from scotland, Northern Ireland and wales in a moment. But england are in malta. Kick off in valetta just over an hour away. Lets hear from Gareth Southgate was that this is the first match in the post wayne rooney era. He decided to retire from international football. Who will wear the captains are bad . We have focused too much on wayne rooney in particular over the last few years and we must start to build a more Resilient Group of leaders, allowing people to take responsibility. For me it is not the most important decision. The more important thing is trying to build the group. They must react in the right way collectively. We are expecting the team news from the letter to come through in the next 15 minutes or so. A lot of speculation about who will be given the captains speculation about who will be given the ca ptains armband speculation about who will be given the captains armband for that there have been five different captains with his eight matches in charge. It is pointing towardsjordan henderson although harry kane has been tipped as well. While we were talking about wayne rooney and who takes over the leadership and mantle, he has been making some unwanted headlines today. He was stopped in a car in wilmslow in the early hours of this morning. He has been subsequently charged by Cheshire Police with drink driving. He is being released on bail. He is due to appear at Stockport Magistrates Court on september the 18th, the day after everton september the 18th, the day after eve rto n fa ce september the 18th, the day after everton face manchester united. I think some details have just coming of the england team. Joe hart, kyle walker starting. Ryan bertrand. Of the england team. Joe hart, kyle walkerstarting. Ryan bertrand. Gary cahill and philjones at the centre of defence. Jake livermore is in midfield. Jordan henderson as well. Oxlade chamberlain after just completing his move. Raheem sterling the Manchester City man. Dele alli linking up with his team mate, harry kane up top. I do not know who will captain the team but that is the england team in the letter tonight. Whereas england appear to be cruising through qualification for another major championship, scotland look like they are stuttering towards another free summer next year. They are 11th in the group six points behind england. With four games to go, they are still alive but cant really afford any more slip ups starting tonight in lithuania. Alastair lamont reports from vilnius. Iamat i am at the National Stadium in film yea rs. I am at the National Stadium in film years. It is a pretty small stadiums as you can probably tell over my shoulder. The capacity just as you can probably tell over my shoulder. The capacityjust over 5000. 3000 scots are inspected tonight as we are still taking official confirmation of the scotla nd tea m official confirmation of the Scotland Team but it does sound as if Matt Phillips of west brom will be part of a front three. A carnival atmosphere here. For once, not entirely the result of the exuberance of visiting scotland fans. The day of celebrations and festivities adds colour to an already charming city. This much more than the football has the locals in high spirits. If tonights game isa locals in high spirits. If tonights game is a sideshow, no one has told the national manager. Were going to follow our dream. It is a big day for us. Not many games in the year of that calibre we have got in this country. Thisll be a very different tea m country. Thisll be a very Different Team from the one at the start of the campaign. In some areas there are more options and some less. On the day you want to try to get more coming through in the game. The manager believes this could be enough for a second place finish. The reality is that scotland have very little room for error. The campaign has been flawed. Two wins, two draws and two defeats. The fans have been start of major tournament football. If that is to enter victory tonight is a must. The other thing to consider is that scotlands main rivals for second place, slovakia and slovenia, both play each other tonight. A draw would probably suit scotlands best as they seek to claw back the advantage both countries have over the scots. Euro 2016 was Northern Irelands first major championship for 30 years and they are well placed to secure at least a play off spot for the world cup. They are behind runaway leaders germany but should consolidate second place away at san marino. Joel taggart is there for us. Kick off isjust kick off is just an hour or so away in san mouinho. Michael oneill has picked an attacking side. San marino. Kyle lafferty and connor washington will start. Jonny evans got after the drama around his possible transferred deadline move will also play. John oneill will be alongside me as ever. It is inconceivable to think Northern Ireland will do anything other than win this game. Providing they are not sloppy. They have lost every game in the group, scored one goal and conceded 30. The one thing you wa nt to and conceded 30. The one thing you want to do is to try to win your game as early as possible. Perhaps ta ke game as early as possible. Perhaps take the likes of steven davis of the pitch so he does not get a second yellow. Not only steven davis, there are another couple in the field as well. Maybe get two all three of them off if it gets that far. It could beach and is game if the result goes for us in the Czech Republic and germany win. The result goes for us in the Czech Republic and germany winm the result goes for us in the Czech Republic and germany win. It is about starting the game well, isnt it . It is. If you do not get the first goal you have to be patient. I do not think we will have any problems tonight. Famous last words. You heard the england team news. Jordan henderson will captain england tonight. Gareth southgate choosing the armband for him tonight. Wales may have been surprise semi finallists at the euros last year but they are up against it in their Qualification Group four points behind the top two of serbia and the republic of ireland. Chris colemans side are are level on points with austria who they face in cardiff tomorrow. None of our boys will be phased by tomorrow night. We have been here before. We have been in situations where we have to and we must get the job done. We had been here before and our players has not disappointed. Never easy. How long will we wait again to be in this situation . Years and years. Here we are again. The the draws has been made for the first round in the womens champions league. Of the 32, there are three british teams involved Super League ChampionsManchester City reached the semi finals last season. They face austrians st polten. Chelsea were runners up to city in the league and face German League runners up bayern munich. The scottish champions, glasgow city, have a trip to kazakhstan and kazygurt. Its a knockout from the start, the first legs are in the first week of october. The dust has just about settled after the premier League Transfer window closed last night. It didnt quite deliver the promised deadline day dramas with Alexis Sanchez, riyad mahrez and ross barkley all staying put but, in the final reckoning, these are the big three ranked by net spend across the summer. Manchester city are almost £131 million in the red. Manchester united arent too far behind, £127 million down. Remember Romelu Lukaku set them back 75 million and chelseas net spend is minus £745 million. The other bottom of the scale and the other bottom of the scale and the other bottom of the scale and the other clubs in the premier league that did pretty good business. The fans would like to have spent a little bit more. Totte n ha m have spent a little bit more. Tottenham worth £10 million to the good. They did a lot more. They might have spent 80 million but they have sold £90 million worth of players. Arsenal, that could be £77 million to the good had they got rid of Alexis Sanchez to Manchester City. Arsenal £17 million up. Swa nsea swansea are sitting very pretty. Gylfi sigurdsson for 45 million and llorente to spurs for 12 million yesterday. Swa nsea swansea have an extra 30 million in the bank after all their business. It was another record breaking summer window with £1. 11 billion spent, over 200 million on deadline day. There may be a few more zeros on the cheques being written but has the pattern of spending actually changed . Pretty much as we anticipated that we thought it would be a record and it has been. Again a few of the club is particularly driving that. But four biggest spenders spending half the combined total. One thing we have picked up on now we have looked at this 15 the window has been going, in any given year the big clu bs going, in any given year the big clubs spend between a fifth and a third of the revenue on transfers. This summer, 30 . Right there in the range. While the numbers are startling to some people and a big increase on before, it is in line with revenues going up. If we were to look outside the premier league, paris st germain and the spending of the transfer window has really raised a lot of eyebrows. They had the record fee they spent on neymar a few weeks ago. Uefa have, in the last hour, opened an investigation into their financial fairplay compliance. Our reporter has ball. Normally when uefa look at financial fairplay it is retrospective analysis. Here they have gone on the front foot and say they will look into paris st germains financial fairplay compliance due to their recent transfer activities. By that they mean the world record signing of neymar from barcelona for around £198 million but also the loan deal from monaco which has been presented with an that is either as a loan deal with an option to buy at the end but many think it is an obligation to buy and they have used it as obligation to buy and they have used itasa obligation to buy and they have used it as a way to navigate around financial fairplay and regulations. U efa financial fairplay and regulations. Uefa has today said it will focus on the compliance of the club but the break even requirements that it clear light of its recent transfer activities. That break even requirement is the fact that all clu bs requirement is the fact that all clubs in European Competition have to live within their means. Theyre not meant to spend more than they earn. Uefa says it is not going to give any more comment on this. An interesting paragraph of their statement said financial fairplay is a crucial governments mechanism which aims to ensure the Financial Sustainability of European Club football. They are trying to keep every clu b football. They are trying to keep every club on a level playing field. At the time of the neymar transfer, the p56 at the time of the neymar transfer, the psg president s president , told the Associated Press about whether they would comply with financial fairplay could go and have a coffee, dont worry about us. We are in good hands. Thank you. Im sure we hear more about us that story and the estimation into psg. Its going to be another exciting domestic rugby union season. It all starts tonight. And the pro12 has become the pro1li, with two South African sides the southern kings and the cheetahs being drafted into the competition following their removal from the Southern Hemisphere super rugby tournament. The cheetahs, the South African domestic cup winners from bloemfontein, are involved in one of the first matches this evening as they travel to ulster. We area we are a team that is used to touring. We have three to four weeks on tour plus a tour to argentina and singapore orjapan. Touring is not new to us. The one big difference we have noticed as we do not have the time differences that we had between us time differences that we had between us and new zealand. Travel has been easier. We are in a starting point at the moment. We want improvement and we want the guys to be competitive. That is one thing we look to do for the 15 competitive players on the field. If we can achieve that, by the end of the season, hopefully we will be where cheetahs rugby needs to be. Itll be interesting to see what brand of by interesting to see what brand of rugby they will bring to the pro 1a. The Rugby Union Premiership also sta rts the Rugby Union Premiership also starts tonight. Exeter chiefs are the defending champions, are in action. They won the title with an extra time penalty in the final against wasps last season. The top 11 teams from last season have been joined by newly promoted london irish, with saracens the bookies favourites to regain the title. Two matches this evening, including the chiefs trip to gloucester. What we learned last season is the way to do it. That is the day by day grind and taking things into your own hands and making it about you. What we cannot do is sit and look at them. They are a good side, they are at home for the bags of energy first game. First game in the premiership season against us, the current champions. There are so many reasons why it can be really mention the charge for them. And theyre just going to happen to deal with it. Its another formula one weekend, and mercedes dominated practice today for the italian grand prix. Tom clarkson reports from monza. This marks the end of the european season of the 20 17th World Championship. On the evidence of anything we have seen so far at monza is it all about mercedes. Lewis hamilton fastest in the first practice session and Valterri Bottas fastest in the second practice session. Sebastian vettel is third fastest all day today. With him leading Lewis Hamilton by seven points in the World Championship. It is all to play for this weekend. What were the gap be after the race on sunday . Its been a good day for chris froome at the vuelta a espana, he still leads the race after crashing yesterday. 7th place on stage 13 means that he keeps his 59 second lead with eight stages to go. He finished in the leading group along with his nearest rival, vincenzo nibali. Italys Matteo Trentin took the stage win. Natalie powell has won britains second bronze medal at the world Judo Championships in budapest after she beat former World Champion marhinder verkerk from the netherlands. Kyle eastmond is on court now. He is the last remaining british player in the last remaining british player in the single store. He is playing dennis shapovalov. Its finals day in the kia Womens Super League with the western storm taking on southern vipers in hove. The storm had a three wicket win over surrey stars earlier this afternoon. This was the final ball of the stars innings. They made 100 7 in their 20 overs, which didnt prove to be enough. Despite a number of storm wickets falling early on in their reply, Stafanie Taylor steadied the ship and hit the winning runs thanks to this little bit of good fortune. They were closing in on victory anyway. Stephanie taylor played so well in the semifinal. A couple of wickets had fallen since then. Southern vipers currently 99 3. Staying with the cricket. Nottinghamshire can complete the one day double tomorrow if they win the t20 blast at edgbaston. Theyve already won the one day cup this season and face hampshire in one of the semi finals. The winner meets either home side birmingham or glamorgan the county who are making their first appearance at finals day since 200a. After winning the quarterfinal, seeing smiles on peoples faces and the level ofjoy that is around. And the level ofjoy that is around. And the fans as well. It will be fantastic. I know the guys will be having a full crack at it. I am sure we have a great chance. Some great cricket coming up at lords next week and the final test between england and the west indies. It is the decider. We could also seejimmy andersonjoin the 500 the decider. We could also seejimmy anderson join the 500 club. Only two other fast bowlers have achieved that. Only two other fast bowlers have passed that total but anderson already has one eye on this winters ashes series in australia. It isa it is a really special thing. We have a much more settled squad the me had last time. Fantastic players in ourteam. Some me had last time. Fantastic players in our team. Some brilliant talent. Im sure we can give them a good run for their money. So many people want to get on the plane to australia. Extra pressure of being a decider. It is not often you get in this position, a test series where it is a final. The extra pressure will show a lot about peoples characters. Great britain boasts multiple champions in their chosen sports, liam heath achieved the grand slam in his last weekend. Last sunday in the Czech Republic, the 33 ye