Harambee Starlets are set to play Botswana in the final round of the 2024 Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers after prevailing 4-3 on post-match penalties against Cameroon.
lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv. let s get up to date with the world cup now and the first round of group stage matches have been completed with all 32 nations now having tasted some competitive action. switzerland beat cameroon by a goal to nil. and in the other game in group g, brazil were 2 0 winners over serbia. uruguay and south korea played out a goalless draw. but perhaps the most closely watched game featured portugal who beat ghana 3 2 because of the presence of cristiano ronaldo. you may recall howjust two days ago he was in the headlines for a mutually agreed departure from manchester united after that interview where he criticised the club s owners and current manager. well, even as a player without a club, he made his mark for portugal opening the scoring in his country s win. but that goal also had some historic overtones
countries around the world have banned or have some restrictions against pit bulls and of attacks against children continue, anti pitbull campaigners are confident south will be the latest country to be on the list. let s get up to date with the world cup now and the first round of group stage matches have been completed with all 32 nations now having tasted some competitive action. switzerland beat cameroon by a goal to nil. and in the other game in group g, brazil were 2 0 winners over serbia. uruguay and south korea played out a goalless draw. but perhaps the most closely watched game featured portugal who beat ghana 3 2 because of the presence of cristiano ronaldo. you may recall howjust two days ago he was in the headlines for a mutually agreed departure from manchester united after that interview where he criticised the club s owners and current manager. well, even as a player without a club, he made
it is currently goalless at the moment. about 15 minutes to go. this the opening game of group h. the first of today s four matches saw switzerland kick off their campaign off with a win. and a moment to rememberfor the man who got their winner. the swiss beat cameroon in group g and it was their cameroon born striker breel embolo, who scored the only goal of the game, early in the second half. embolo decided not to celebrate raising both hands while appearing to apologise. embolo was born in yaounde, but received swiss citizenship in 2014 after spending his youth career in the country. the next match sees cristiano ronaldo and portugal enter the tournament against ghana. ronaldo is now without a club side after he and manchester united agreed to terminate his contract this week. that followed his controversial interview where he spoke of not respecting manager erik ten hag. he didn t talk much publicly yesterday as he dropped out of the traditional
good afternoon, i m gavin ramjaun from the bbc sport centre, and these are your latest sports headlines. the final teams enter the fray, at the qatar world cup today. and the first of today s four matches saw switzerland kick their campaign off with a win. the swiss beat cameroon in group g, and it was their cameroon born striker breel embolo who scored the only goal of the game, early in the second half. embolo decided not to celebrate what proved to be the winning goal raised both hands while appearing to apologise. embolo was born in yaounde, but received swiss citizenship in 2014 after spending his youth career in the country. brazil are favourites in that group and to win the whole tournament for a sixth time. big things are expected after a disappointing quarterfinal exit in russia four years ago. they play serbia this evening, live on bbc one at seven o clock. serbia s manager dragan stojkovic says his side won t show any fear. they game will start 0 0, so brazil has a chanc