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Italy 0-0 Estonia:<\/strong> Approaching the hour mark in Bergamo and Italy have yet to break the deadlock against Estonia. If they fail to win tonight their chances of qualifying for next summer\u2019s World Cup are going to be in serious mild jeopardy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Iceland 2-0 Azerbaijan:<\/strong> Cologne\u2019s Isak Bergmann Johannesson has doubled Iceland\u2019s lead in Reykjav\u00edk, so he has.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Denmark 0-0 Scotland: <\/strong>Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg goes close for Denmark only to have a curled effort that was heading inside the foot of the upright deflected out for a corner by Grant Hanley. McTominay has soldiered on despite injuring his knee while overstretching in a bid to relieve Damsgaard of the ball. Here\u2019s hoping it\u2019s nothing too serious and the Ballon d\u2019Or nominee can run it off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Slovenia 1-1 Sweden:<\/strong> Sandi Lovric levels for the home side a minute after the break in Ljubljana.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Denmark 0-0 Scotland:<\/strong> Joakim Maele throws himself in front of a John McGinn shot inside the Denmark penalty area and the ball goes out for a corner. Denmark struggle to clear the inswinger but eventually win a throw-in off Hickey. Moments before that McGinn shot, the Scotland<\/a> midfielder had tried to play the ball into the path of a lung-busting Ryan Christie gallop into the Denmark penalty are but underhit his pass. It\u2019s a great start to the second half by Scotland but Scott McTominay has just gone to ground injured.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Group C: Denmark 0-0 Scotland<\/p>\n The second half is under way:<\/strong> Mikkel Damsgaard gets the ball rolling for the Danes and there don\u2019t appear to be any changes in personnel on either side. If Scotland<\/a> can hold out for a draw or even nick a win tonight, it would be a fantastic start to their qualifying campaign.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>World Cup qualifiers – half-time scores<\/p>\n Group B:<\/strong> Slovenia<\/a> 0-1 Sweden<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Group B:<\/strong> Switzerland 4-0 Kosovo<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/a>Denmark 0-0 Scotland<\/p>\n Half-time:<\/strong> A game that Denmark<\/a> have dominated, albeit without creating any clear-cut chances adjourns for the half-time interval. I\u2019ll tell you who the Danes could do with in their attempts to break down this obdurate Scottish defence \u2013 Christian Eriksen, who has scored in their past three games but was dropped from the current squad.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Greece 4-0 Belarus:<\/strong> Dimitrios Kourbelis has added a fourth to Greece\u2019s tally in Piraeus in tonight\u2019s other Group C encounter.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Denmark 0-0 Scotland:<\/strong> Steve Clarke\u2019s side are living on the edge in Copenhagen but look like they might make it to half-time without conceding. They have had one excellent chance, a headed opportunity that Ryan Christie put wide of the far post after connecting with an excellent John McGinn cross. That aside, Denmark have been hammering on the door.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Moldova 0-2 Israel:<\/strong> As things stand, Gennaro Gattuso\u2019s Italy, who are drawing at home to Estonia, will be third in Group I behind Norway and Israel with a game in hand over the side that\u2019s beating Moldova. The Italians couldn\u2019t conceivably fail to qualify for three consecutive Wortld Cups, could they?<\/p>\n In other qualifiers I\u2019ve failed to mention thus far, Croatia are a goal up against Faroe Islands and Czechia lead by the only goal of the game away at Montenegro. Both those games are in Group L, which is being bossed by a Czechia side who have played more games than anyone else.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n WSL:<\/strong> Approaching half-time at Stamford Bridge, it\u2019s 1-0 to Chelsea in their match against Manchester City because of course it is. Aggie Beever-Jones put the reigning champions ahead and you can follow the second-half with Rob Smyth \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Switzerland 2-0 Kosovo:<\/strong> The Swiss have rattled off a quickfire double against Kosovo, with Manuel Akanji and Breel Embolo scoring two goals in three minutes in their Group B encounter.<\/p>\n Switzerland’s Manuel Akanji (rights) heads the ball past Kosovo’s goalkeeper Arijanet Muric to open the scoring. Photograph: Peter Schneider\/APBreel Embolo is rather pleased to have doubled Switzerland\u2019s lead. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.28 EDT<\/p>\n Greece 3-0 Belarus:<\/strong> As Denmark and Scotland<\/a> play out a stalemate in Copenhagen, Greece are already laying down a Group C marker. They\u2019ve just gone 3-0 up against Belarus in what is amounting to a turkey-shoot.<\/p>\n Greece’s Anastasios Bakasetas (left) celebrates with Georgios Vagiannidis after scoring their side’s third goal against Belarus. Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.23 EDT<\/p>\n Slovenia 0-1 Sweden:<\/strong> With much of the focus in Lujbljana on a player that recently left Newcastle, one who recently joined them has opened the scoring for Sweden. Anthony Elanga, take a bow.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Greece 2-0 Belarus:<\/strong> Greece have doubled their lead in Piraeus, with Vangelops Pavlidis doubling their tally against the team likely to end up as Group C whipping boys. Having said that, with Scotland<\/a> among the four teams, it would not come as a massive surprise if they have some competition for fourth place. Pavlidis spanked a beauty of a half-volley past Pavel Pavlyuchenko in the Belarus goal after connecting with a sublime assist from Karetsas.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Denmark 0-0 Scotland:<\/strong> With 15 minutes played at Parken, it would be fair to say Scotland<\/a> are under the Denmark cosh. They\u2019re conceding corner after corner and their defending reeks slightly of desperation but they\u2019re holding out for now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Ukraine 0-1 France:<\/strong> Michael Olise has opened the scoring for the visitors in Wroclaw, where fellow \u201cvisitors\u201d Ukraine are hosting France. The Bayern Munich man stroked a precision shot into the bottom corner from 18 yards after connecting with a low Bradley Barcola cross from the left.<\/p>\n Michael Olise of France celebrates after opening the scoring against Ukraine. Photograph: Maciej Kulczy\u0144ski\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.21 EDT<\/p>\n Denmark 0-0 Scotland:<\/strong> Scotland<\/a> get an early warning when Morten Hjulmand sticks out a leg to steer a Mikkel Damsgaard free-kick swung in from the left and prod the ball straight into Angus Gunn\u2019s breadbasket. It\u2019s a terrible miss but he was offside, due in no smart to the commendably high line Scotland were keeping as the free-kick was taken.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.57 EDT<\/p>\n Denmark 0-0 Scotland:<\/strong> Denmark midfielder Pierre Emile Hojbjerg has picked up an early yellow card for a foul on John McGinn.<\/p>\n Ooof. Photograph: Andrew Milligan\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.57 EDT<\/p>\n Greece 1-0 Belarus:<\/strong> Elsewhere in Group C, Konstantinos Karetsas has taken just three minutes to fire Greece ahead in their qualifier against Belarus in Piraeus. The 17-year-old midfield talent plies his trade with Genk in Belgium.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.53 EDT<\/p>\n WSL:<\/strong> It\u2019s scoreless at Stamford Bridge after 17 minutes of the curtain-raiser between Chelsea and Manchester City but the visitors have roared out of the traps against the reigning champions. Rob Smyth has the latest \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Denmark v Scotland is go …<\/p>\n 1 min:<\/strong> Scotland<\/a> might not win the World Cup but at least Andy Robertson can sit any future grandchildren he might have on his knee and tell them about the time he won the toss ahead of their first qualifier for the 2o26 tournament. His side get the ball rolling as assorted qualifiers get under way across the continent.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Denmark:<\/strong> Despite having scored in each of Denmark\u2019s past three games, Christian Eriksen has been dropped from tonight\u2019s squad. Brian Riemer decided to leave the 33-year-old out because he hasn\u2019t managed to find a club since leaving Manchester United in June. He is believed to have been keeping himself fit by training with the Swedish club Malmo, but Riemer clearly feels he has not done enough to merit inclusion tonight.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.43 EDT<\/p>\n Scotland:<\/strong> It\u2019s no great surprise that Steve Clarke has made seven changes to the experimental side that hammered Liechtenstein in a friendly in June. Rarely one to inspire huge confidence while playing for his country, Angus Gunn is back in goal in place of the injured first choice Craig Gordon, while it\u2019s great to see Brentford\u2019s Aaron Hickey back in defence after a near two-year absence with various injury issues. John Souttar and Grant Hanley also come into the back four.<\/p>\n In midfield, Scott McTominay and Ryan Christie are in for Billy Gilmour and Lennon Miller, <\/strong>while Lyndon Dykes will play as a lone striker in front of Che Adams. Ipswich Town\u2019s George Hirst has to make do with a place in the bench but is likely to see some action.<\/p>\n With matching pieces of designer luggage in each hand, Aaron Hickey steps off the Scotland team coach ahead of his first international appearance in almost two injury-blighted years. Photograph: Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a>Last night’s action …<\/p>\n Easy wins for Spain and Belgium, battling victories for Wales and Northern Ireland, Germany lost their first World Cup qualifier away from home against Slovakia and Poland came from behind courtesy of a Matty Cash thunderbolt to take a point and dent Dutch hopes of qualifying for the World Cup. Read on \u2026<\/p>\n Aston Villa full-back Matty Cash (centre) was the unlikely hero when Poland came from behind to rescue a point against the Netherlands in Rotterdam. Photograph: Marcel van Dorst\/DeFodi Images\/ShutterstockRecently acquired Newcastle striker Nick Woltemade had a night to forget playing up front for Germany in their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Slovakia. Photograph: Lars Baron\/Getty ImagesJustin Devenny (l), Shea Charles (c) and Jamie Reid scored the goals as Northern Ireland got their campiagn off to a winning start in Luxembourg. Photograph: William Cherry\/INPHO\/ShutterstockShare<\/a>Women’s Super League<\/p>\n The new WSL season gets under way tonight, when Chelsea begin their latest title defence by hosting Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. Sam Kerr is back in the Chelsea squad after 20 months on the sidelines with a serious knee injury and her head coach Sonia Bompastor has said the Australian will play some part in the game. You can listen to the Women\u2019s Football Weekly WSL season preview podcast by clicking on the link below, or else subscribe on your usual pod platform.<\/p>\n Sam Kerr missed all of last season through injury and will participate in her first game for Chelsea in 20 months tonight. Photograph: Harriet Lander\/Chelsea FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a>Alexander Isak on the bench for Sweden<\/p>\n Slovenia v Sweden:<\/strong> Having missed pre-season and spent most of the past six weeks alone kicking footballs into an empty goal in a secluded corner of Newcastle\u2019s training ground, it\u2019s no great surprise that Alexander Isak is not in Jon Dahl Tomasson\u2019s starting line-up to face Slovenia<\/a> tonight. Liverpool\u2019s brand new striker is among the substitutes, with Viktor Gyokeres and Anthony Elanga having got the nod ahead of him.<\/p>\n Alexander Isak starts on the bench for Sweden in Ljubjana tonight. Photograph: Jesper Zerman\/BILDBYR\u00c5N\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea v Manchester City \u2026 live! <\/strong>You can follow the action from the WSL season curtain-raiser at Stamford Bridge with Rob Smyth\u2019s minute-by-minute report.<\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s Sjoeke Nusken pitches up at Stamford Bridge ahead of tonight\u2019s WSL curtain-raiser. Photograph: Chris Lee\/Chelsea FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a>Denmark v Scotland line-ups<\/p>\n Denmark:<\/strong> Schmeichel, Kristensen, Andersen, Andreas Christensen, Maehle, Dreyer, Hojbjerg, Hjulmand, Damsgaard, Dolberg, Biereth.<\/p>\n Subs:<\/strong> Hermansen, Jorgensen, Vestergaard, Hogsberg, O\u2019Riley, Osula, Hojlund, Gronbaek, Skov Olsen, Froholdt, Dorgu, Gaaei.<\/p>\n Scotland:<\/strong> Gunn, Hickey, Souttar, Hanley, Robertson, Ferguson, McTominay, Christie, Adams, McGinn, Dykes.<\/p>\n Subs:<\/strong> Kelly, Clark, Gilmour, Hendry, Miller, McKenna, Doak, Hirst, Bowie, Johnston, McLean, Doig.<\/p>\n Referee:<\/strong> Daniel Siebert (Germany)<\/p>\n Che Adams has been selected to play up front alongside Lyndon Dykes for Scotland against Denmark. Photograph: Oliver Hardt\/UEFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a>Denmark v Scotland preview<\/p>\n Togo, North Korea, Panama, Saudi Arabia and Wales have featured in the World Cup since Scotland<\/a> last did in 1998 and while Sterve Clarke\u2019s side are desperate to end their hiatus, the next six matches will dictate their fate and the legacy of their long-serving head coach. Words: Ewan Murray \u2026<\/p>\n Scotland head coach Steve Clarke takes questions at his pre-match press conference ahead of his team\u2019s qualifier against Denmark. Photograph: Andrew Milligan\/PAShare<\/a>Tonight’s Uefa qualifiers<\/p>\n Group B:<\/strong> Slovenia<\/a> v Sweden<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Group B:<\/strong> Switzerland v Kosovo<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/a>World Cup qualifier clockwatch …<\/p>\n After yesterday\u2019s wins for Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland<\/a> get their campaign to qualify for next summer\u2019s World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico under way with a trip to face Denmark at Parken in Copenhagen. In a four-team group with Greece and Belarus, one imagines the Scots, Danes and Greeks will each fancy their chances of winning the group and consider any finish below a playoff spot an unmitigated disaster.<\/p>\n In terms of Fifa world rankings, Denmark<\/a> are highest at 21st, Greece are next at 39th, Scotland are 47th and while Belarus (97th) are technically in the role of group whipping boys, they are exactly the kind of minnows Scotland are fabled for tripping up against. It will come as no surprise whatsover if they cause Steve Clarke\u2019s side and the two higher ranked nations in Group C problems, even if they are currently obliged to play their home fixtures in neutral venues due to their ongoing involvement of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the group\u2019s other fixture, they play Greece in Athens tonight.<\/p>\n As well as monitoring the Scots, we\u2019ll keep tabs on the other Uefa qualifiers taking place around the continent, making sure to check in on Sweden\u2019s Group B opener against Slovenia<\/a> in Ljubljana. Unless he\u2019s gone on strike and demanded a move to another, more successful nation, Alexander Isak could feature for the Swedes in his first match of the season. Having successfully agitated for a summer move to Liverpool, the former Newcastle striker seems unlikely to start given that he can\u2019t conceivably be match fit and hasn\u2019t had a proper pre-season but could appear off the bench.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, history suggests the qualifier between Switzerland and Kosovo has the potential to be spicy, while Ukraine get their campaign under way with an eyecatching \u201chome\u201d game against France in the Polish city of Wroclaw. Having failed to qualify for either of the past two World Cups, Italy really need a home win against Estonia if they are to avoid further embarrassment. It would be a seismic shock if Croatia were to slip up against the Faroe Islands in Torshavn.<\/p>\n\n
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