Amy Canavan brings us the lowdown from Helsinki as Scotland prepare for the second leg of their Euro 2025 qualifier play-off final.

Kevin de Bruyne has been consigned to the bench since returning from a hamstring injury, with Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher concerned for the Belgian's future

Kevin De Bruyne's lack of involvement since regaining fitness this season has left Gary Lineker under the impression all is not well between him and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola

Monday night's draw for the fourth round of the Scottish Cup will be shown live on BBC Scotland.

Midfielder nets winner in 1-0 victory at TorinoBellingham and Mbappé on target for Madrid Scott McTominay’s first-half goal earned leaders Napoli a 1-0 win at Torino as Antonio Conte’s side opened a four-point gap at the top of the Serie A standings. The Scotland midfielder found the net around the half-hour mark when he struck a shot powerfully inside the near post after receiving a precise pass from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Napoli move on to 32 points, with four teams level on 28 points: Atalanta, Lazio, Inter and Fiorentina. Continue reading...

Mohamed Salah was the brightest jewel in Liverpool’s gleaming crown while nobody shone for Manchester City Caoimhín Kelleher Only had one save to make all game, when Kevin De Bruyne pounced on a Van Dijk slip, and delivered to keep Liverpool’s 11th clean sheet of the season. 7/10 Continue reading...

Premier League updates from 4pm GMT kick-offHave any thoughts? Send John an email For Liverpool: Conor Bradley had his Mbappe moment but also got injured so a timely return for Trent Alexander-Arnold. Joe Gomez replaces Ibrahima Konate and Dominik Szoboszlai replaces Curtis Jones in midfield. For City: Ederson dropped, with Scott Carson on the bench too? Kyle Walker survives but Joso Gvardiol is also out. Ruben Dias is back. De Bruyne remains on the bench. Jack Grealish will also be riding pine. Continue reading...

A brave Matildas outfit has lost the second of their matches against Brazil after the Seleção scored two goals in 11 minutes to triumph 1-2 and sweep the seriesAny thoughts? Email Joey It’s not just Australia and Brazil in action this week, of course, with plenty of other games taking place across the international window. Goals from Eugénie Le Sommer and Amel Majri helped France beat Nigeria 2-1 at the Stade Raymond Kopa overnight, Spain and Germany recorded convincing wins over South Korea and Switzerland, and Argentina beat Colombia on penalties. Continue reading...

An extraordinary sense of a club imploding is taking hold and the champions’ title rivals have the chance to make it worse On 30 January 2015, Bayern Munich lost in the Bundesliga for the first time that season, going down 4-1 at Wolfsburg. Pep Guardiola was worried. They had dropped six points in the first 17 league games and the title was almost certainly theirs already, but Wolfsburg, inspired by Kevin De Bruyne, had picked them off on the counter. The space Guardiola’s teams leave behind the high defensive line had always been a vulnerability, could not but be a vulnerability, but something had gone wrong with the press, allowing Wolfsburg freedom. And if Wolfsburg could exploit it, Europe’s elite would certainly be able to. Continue reading...

Scotland will need a bigger contribution from their star players in Tuesday's Euro 2025 play-off second leg in Finland, writes Amy Canavan.

Sportscene pundits and former Scotland internationals Jen Beattie and Julie Fleeting talk about the performances of Eartha Cumings and Sophie Howard in the goalless draw with Finland.

Scotland midfielder Caroline Weir and defender Sophie Howard reflect on their side's first-leg goalless draw with Finland in the Euro 2025 play-offs.

Scotland did not show their best in the Euro 2025 play-off goalless draw with Finland, but Sophie Howard is "very confident" they can improve.

Euro round 2 playoff, first leg: Scotland 0-0 FinlandScots struggle to produce chances against old rivals Imagination and incision proved strangers amid a frustrating impasse in Edinburgh as the first leg of this playoff for Euro 2025 qualification remained stubbornly goalless. Given that Tuesday’s second leg is in Helsinki, Finland are probably slight favourites to reach next summer’s finals in Switzerland after Scotland’s worrying lack of creativity once again let them down. Continue reading...