Northern Ireland boss Tanya Oxtoby says teenager Kascie Weir's debut in the 2-0 Nations League defeat by Poland shows the pathway available for young players.

Kascie Weir and Nadene Caldwell are called into Northern Ireland's squad for the opening Nations League matches against Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

BBC Sport looks at Europe's six top goalscorers this season - including two Barcelona forwards.

Watch highlights as Robert Lewandowski scores his 100th Champions League goal as Barcelona cruise to a dominant 3-0 win over Brest at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski becomes the third player in history to score 100 goals in the Champions League.

Juve’s visit to Villa Park this week conjures memories of when both clubs were at the centre of the football world The champions of Europe side by side with more than half the champions of the world.” The first line of Barry Davies’s Sportsnight commentary is so succinct that, 41 and a half years later, there is no need for a new introduction. Aston Villa’s European Cup quarter-final against Juventus in 1983 had a unique selling point. The clubs meet again on Wednesday in the Champions League but back then Villa were the holders of the trophy – although six of the Juventus team had started for Italy when they beat West Germany in the 1982 World Cup final. And they had the best player from the teams that finished third and fourth, France’s Michel Platini and Poland’s Zbigniew Boniek. Continue reading...

Barça blow two-goal lead after Marc Casadó is sent offSimeone wins 700th game at Atléti; Inter 5-0 Verona Celta Vigo fought back with two late goals in quick succession to hold La Liga leaders Barcelona to an-action-packed 2-2 draw on Saturday. It looked as though Barça were cruising towards victory after they opened a two-goal lead thanks to strikes by Raphinha in the first half and by Robert Lewandowski after an hour’s play, but the script changed when Marc Casadó was sent off due to a second yellow card for a foul in the 82nd minute. With Barcelona down to 10 men, the home side piled on the pressure and managed to score twice, strikes by Alfonso González then Hugo Álvarez in the 84th and 86th minutes respectively. Continue reading...

Key players have rediscovered form and the manager has shown great aptitude of the role after dramatic Poland win Parliamentarians must look enviously at Steve Clarke’s ability to captivate or switch public opinion. Clarke was a national hero when guiding Scotland to Euro 2024. Failure there – or, specifically, the manner of that failure – fuelled a sense Scotland may require a new manager by the start of World Cup qualifying. Three defeats to open the Nations League only emphasised that change was needed. It was always worth remembering that Clarke had raised expectations in the first place, courtesy of tournament qualifications his predecessors could not achieve despite media love-bombing. Continue reading...

We discuss Scotland’s 2-1 win in Poland and their Nations League campaign as a whole.

Scotland had contributed far too much to the Nations League to finish bottom of Group A1. That was the harsh reality until Andy Robertson’s glorious stoppage-time header, which secured a famous win over Poland. Steve Clarke’s team live on, courtesy of a playoff berth. When John McGinn sent Scotland ahead, thoughts were of another outcome. Had the result gone their way between Croatia and Portugal, it was conceivable Clarke’s men could finish second. Ultimately that other tie was immaterial but this one was not. Scotland and their support celebrated in epic style courtesy of Robertson’s intervention, which instead sends Poland into League B. This felt poetic, at the venue for the Liverpool full-back’s Scotland debut and, on this occasion, the earning of his 80th cap. It was the latest triumph for Clarke’s management. Continue reading...

Head coach Steve Clarke maintains a cautious stance on Scotland winger Ben Doak before the Nations League match against Poland.

Scotland's Nations League campaign so far and preview of the final match against Poland

Having replaced Roberto Mancini at the helm, the familiar face of the French coach is back on Australian soil for a crunch World Cup qualifier It is just under two years since Saudi Arabia flipped the script to open their 2022 World Cup with a shock come-from-behind triumph over eventual champions Argentina in Qatar. While a pair of chastening defeats to Poland and Mexico ensured the Green Falcons quickly came crashing back to earth and were eventually eliminated at the group stage, there were enough signs of progress to give them hope for the future, even without obvious hints of grander plans to come. “We have made history for Saudi football and it will stay for ever, that is most important, but we also need to look forward,” head coach Hervé Renard said at the time. The Frenchman would leave his post the following year to take charge of France ahead of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, but Saudi Arabia continued on its march towards becoming a football powerhouse of the region by securing the 2027 Asian Cup, while huge sums of money and big-name stars were ploughed into their domestic league. In perhaps the pinnacle of the broader project, Saudi Arabia – as the sole bidder – is almost certain to be named the host of the 2034 World Cup later this year. Continue reading...

Scotland call up Stuart Armstrong for the games against Croatia and Poland as Che Adams and Lewis Morgan withdraw from the squad.