Summary

  • England news conference ahead of Italy friendly

  • Harry Kane will make full England debut v Italy

  • Wayne Rooney needs three goals to break goal scoring record

  • Wrexham sack manager Kevin Wilkin after losing FA Trophy final

  • GET INVOLVED: Can all four home nations qualify for Euro 2016?

  1. Royals finedpublished at 18:11 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Reading are fined £30,000 by a Football Disciplinary Commission for breaching regulations regarding multiple financial interests.

    In August 2013, the Royals borrowed £10.5m from Vibrac Corporation, a company registered in the British Virgin Islands, which was followed by a further loan of £5.6m in May 2014.

    At the time Vibrac also had interests in three Premier League clubs.

    The fine has been suspended until May 2016 after the club's co-operation.

  2. Armenia coach quitspublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Armenia coach Bernard Challandes steps down in the wake of a 2-1 Euro 2016 qualifying defeat by Albania on Sunday, leaving the country without a win after four games.

  3. World Cup winners and loserspublished at 18:04 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Brendon McCullum, Imran Tahir, Eoin Morgan and Hamid HassanImage source, Getty Images

    With the World Cup now firmly in the rear-view mirror, it's time to reflect on the major players of the tournament: who enhanced their reputation, and who flopped?

    BBC Sport's Stephan Shemilt has been running the rule of the heroes and villains of the World Cup - you can read his verdict here.

    And for more analysis of Australia's win and the rest of the tournament, tune in to the Tuffers & Vaughan Cricket World Cup awards on BBC Radio 5 live tonight from 2100 to 2230 BST.

  4. Hodgson on his waypublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Don't forget England manager Roy Hodgson is about to speak to the media ahead of the friendly in Italy on Tuesday night. You can follow what he has to say here.

  5. Trouble for Russia and Montenegropublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Uefa has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Montenegrin and Russian Football Associations following their Euro 2016 qualifier that was abandoned due to crowd trouble.

    The Montenegro Football Association (FSCG) has been charged with holding a match that did not get played in full, and for fans throwing fireworks and missiles.

    The Russian football union (RFS) has also been charged for the setting off/throwing of fireworks and objects by their spectators.

    Russia have lodged a formal complaint with UEFA and demanded they be awarded a victory after the abandoned match on Friday.

  6. Women's Football Showpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Tonight at 19:00 BST on the BBC Red Button, it is the first Women's Football Show of the WSL season.

    Jacqui Oatley and guests, including former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis, analyse the start of the Women's Super League season. There is a profile on Sunderland's new head coach, former Wimbledon Crazy Gang member Carlton Fairweather, and Sue Smith talks to England's Lianne Sanderson ahead of the friendly against China on 9th April.

    Don't miss it.

  7. Bradford's Meredith extends contractpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Bradford City defender James Meredith has signed a two-year contract extension.

    The 26-year-old Australian has made 43 appearances for the Bantams this season in all competitions, and helped the League One side to the FA Cup quarter-finals, where they lost to Reading.

  8. Wales to stick at stadiumpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Wales will not switch any of their remaining Euro 2016 qualifying home matches to the Millennium Stadium.

    Saturday's 3-0 win over Israel saw Wales move to the top of Group B, and led to a surge in interest.

    However, Chris Coleman's team are keen to remain at the 33,000-seat Cardiff City Stadium and not switch to the 74,000-capacity rugby stadium.

  9. Postpublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Phil McNulty
    BBC chief football writer in Turin

    Juventus StadiumImage source, Phil McNulty

    "Nice place they've got here. View from the coaches' seats at the Juventus stadium in Turin."

  10. It's a marathon not a sprintpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Phil BrownImage source, BBC Sport

    If trying to get his side promoted into League One isn't hard enough, Southend boss Phil Brown is also in training for his first London marathon. You can watch an interview with him here.

  11. Murray set for 500 winspublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    If Andy Murray beats Kevin Anderson in round four at the Miami Open on Tuesday he will become the ninth active player and the 46th man in the open era to reach 500 victories.

    The Scot surpassed Tim Henman's mark of 496 career wins in Indian Wells last week, giving him the open era record for a British player.

  12. The unbeatables?published at 17:15 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    England's teams from senior level to under 17s have won 11 matches out of 11 this week. Can that be a perfect 12 this evening when the under 21s entertain Germany.

    You can follow radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra and text commentary online from 19:45 BST.

  13. Goals galorepublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Goal scorersImage source, UEFA.COM

    Take a bow Danny Welbeck. There may be a massive clamour for Tottenham's Harry Kane to be handed his first England start against Italy on Tuesday but you can see why Roy Hodgson has kept faith with the Arsenal striker.

  14. Bardsley charged by FApublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Manchester City goalkeeper Karen Bardsley has been charged by the FA for violent conduct following an on-field incident which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.

    The charge relates to an incident involving Birmingham City LFC's Freda Ayisi, who was dismissed at the time for her part in the incident.

  15. Brilliant Balepublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Gareth BaleImage source, Opta

    So he's not all bad then? Despite what some at Real Madrid seem to be suggesting. Gareth Bale has attempted the most dribbles in Euro 2016 Qualifiers.

  16. International friendly resultspublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Missing your live football fix? Here are the full time results for the international friendlies that have been played today...

    Indonesia 2 - 1 Myanmar

    Belarus 0 - 0 Gabon

    Thailand 2 - 3 Cameroon.

  17. Maguire to miss Grand Nationalpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Frank Keogh
    BBC Sport

    "Grand National-winning jockey Jason Maguire is to miss the big race for the second year running through injury, it has been confirmed.

    "Maguire, who won the Aintree contest on the Donald McCain-trained Ballabriggs in 2011, is out for the rest of the season with a back problem.

    "He is the latest high-profile jockey to be sidelined for the race on 11 April, joining the injured Barry Geraghty and Davy Russell, plus suspended Bryan Cooper."

  18. Get involvedpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Daryl Higgins on text: 'Another one bites the dust' pretty much sums up the revolving door of board members at Glasgow Rangers recently.

    On the back of the Isle of Man anthem being played by accident at the Argentina v El Salvador game, we want to know which songs suit your sporting team? Let us know on Twitter at #bbcsportsday, by text on 81111, or via the BBC Sport Facebook page., external

  19. Australia due to announce Ashes squadpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Kevin Pietersen (left) and James FaulknerImage source, @KP24

    Hot on the heels of their ominous victory at the Cricket World Cup, Australia are set to announce their squad for this summer's Ashes at 00:00 BST.

    The squad is expected to contain 16 names, and will double as the touring party for a two-Test series in the West Indies in June.

    Will James Faulkner and Kevin Pietersen, seen here enjoying the victory celebrations in Melbourne, be lining up on opposite sides when the series gets under way in Cardiff on 8 July?

  20. Time up for Wilkinpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 30 March 2015

    Kevin Wilkins

    A nice infographic for your perusal above; after Wrexham sack manager Kevin Wilkin a day after they lost in the FA Trophy final to North Ferriby United.

    The Conference side lost on penalties at Wembley after a 3-3 draw, having been 2-0 up against their part-time opponents.