Like the usa, germany and brazil knocked out. And englands lionnesses were so nearly on the end of the latest upset against Nigeria The African Side were more than a match and could so easily have won the match inside 90 minutes. Englands struggles not helped by in form laurenjames being sent off, for an off the ball incident, shades of David Beckham in 1998, if youre old enough to remember that. The match went all the way to penalties but this time as not the case back then england progressed keeping their Dreams Of A First Womens World Cup alive. Jane dougall is in brisbane for us. England were given an almighty scare and questions will be asked as to why they couldnt score against a country ranked 36 places below them. In contrast nigeria looked strong right from the start and were the better side throughout this match. In the first half england had a shout for a penalty when it looked as though rachel daly had been pushed Out Of The Box but var deemed it no penalty for that much to
Were so nearly on the end of the latest upset against nigeria. The african side were more than a match and could so easily have won the match inside 90 minutes. Englands struggles not helped by in form laurenjames being sent off, for an off the ball incident shades of David Beckham in 1998, if youre old enough to remember that. The match went all the way to penalties but this time, as not the case back then, england progressed, keeping their dreams of a first Womens World Cup alive. Jane dougall is in brisbane for us. England were given an almighty scare and questions will be asked as to why they could not go against a country ranked 36 places below them. In contrast, nigeria looked strong right from the start and were the better side throughout this match. In the first half though, england had shout for a penalty when it looked as though rachel daly had been pushed down on the box but var deemed no penalty. Much to the disgust of the fans. And then, in the second half, drama. Striker
And could so easily have won the match inside 90 minutes. Englands struggles not helped by in form laurenjames being sent off, for an off the ball incident shades of David Beckham in 1998, if youre old enough to remember that. The match went all the way to penalties but this time, as not the case back then, england progressed, keeping their Dreams Of A First Womens World Cup alive. Jane dougall is in brisbane for us. England were given an almighty scare and questions will be asked as to why they could not go against a country ranked 36 places below them. In contrast, nigeria looked strong right from the start and were the better side throughout this match. In the first half though, england had shout for a penalty when it looked as though rachel daly had been pushed down on the box but var deemed no penalty. Much to the disgust of the fans. And then, in the second half, drama. Striker laurenjames was shown a straight red card and Video Replays showed that she had stamped on nigerias Mic
2015 did not play an awful lot. 2019 did not even make the count. i did not think i would be here probably not but i think for me, i never gave up that hope. krystsina tsimanouskaya, the belarusian sprinter who defected at the tokyo 0lympics two years ago, has been cleared by world athletics to compete for poland after it waived the normal three year waiting period for nationality changes. tsimanouskaya refused to board a flight back home from tokyo when she was removed from the olympics against her will after publicly complaining about national team coaches decision to enter her in the 4x400 metres relay, which was not her usual distance. she defected to poland, saying she feared for her safety if she returned to belarus. poland granted her citizenship last year. major league baseball s world series champion houston astros visited the white house on monday with president biden finding a kindred spirit in 74 year old manager dusty baker. the president had watched baker play during his
the president had watched baker play during his 18 year mlb career and respects that he became the oldest manager to win the world series in 2022. the astros won last year s world series over the philadelphia phillies, whose fans include first lady jill biden. you cannot win them all, can you! you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website that s bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. there s a promise of something a little bit warmerfor all