England on three previous occasions. england getting the win over nigeria at the first time that they met and the other two times, nigeria getting the other two times, nigeria getting the advantage over england. so, the european champions, england, come out victorious on monday? 0r european champions, england, come out victorious on monday? or will the nine times african champions nigeria come out victorious this time around? photographer roger bamber started his career in the 1960s taking his student portfolio to fleet street and getting a job on the spot. in the decades that followed, he snapped a host of famous names? but also plenty of ordinary people. roger died six months ago, aged 78 and now an exhibition of his pictures has opened in sussex. sara smith reports. from the black and white images of his early career to exuberant celebrations of life
England will be facing nigeria on monday and let s take a look at their opponents. nigeria were the first african team to book their spot into the knockout stages and they did so by not losing any of their games in the group stages. they played out two goalless draws, one against the olympic champions canada and against the republic of ireland was the other result that ended up with no goals. they did get that shock when against the co host australia in the group stages. nigeria, of course, will be hoping that they can better their record. in 1999, when they reached the quarterfinals of the women s world cup. so, who are some of the nigerian star is to look out for? one of them is, of course, the african female footballer of the year. she scored 26 goals in competitions last season and, as well, she is the first african
You really need to have a lot of people and support around you to sort of share the burden of that mental stress. it s all still in the field rotting away. chuckles. i mean, you re laughing but, you know, this is your business. it is, yeah. yeah, i mean, it s it is high stakes, you know? it s all our income is concentrated into this period of harvesting and it is a worrying time. the knockout stages are well and truly under way at the world cup, after the united states long reign as champions was brought to an end in dramatic fashion as they were dumped out by swedenjoining the netherlands in the next round. tomorrow morning it will be the turn of england who face nigeria in brisbane at 8:30am, in their last sixteen tie looking to book their spot in the quarter finals. mimi fawaz has been looking at what lies ahead for the lionesses