it s toone! reports from sydney. wow! reports from sydney. having booked their place in the world cup final with a memorable victory over the co hosts australia. it s russo! ..england s preparations have continued to go smoothly in sydney, a fully fit squad enjoying a final training session on the eve of the match. intent on surpassing the european crown they claimed last year. your players are about to play in the biggest game of their lives. when you look into their eyes, what do you see? i see calmness. we are well prepared. we are in a very good place, everyone is fit, the team is confident and we really want to play our best game. england into the world cup final. this is a tournament the lionesses have had to battle through, overcoming injury, the suspension of a star player. smash as they go through! ..and a penalty shoot out. but despite such adversity, the team has prevailed. i think everyone knows how big this is, i think it s been the players dreams for years, so
not have been so many consequences after that kiss. news coming in that jorge vilda has been fired. so much pressure on lewis row be our lawyers, who has insisted he will not resign despite all that pressure from fifa, from the team, internationally piling up. of course the team coach had stayed in place, but that news just filtering in that he has been fired in at the aftermath of this. our correspondent guy hedgecoe is there. we don t know a great deal of detail about the sacking ofjorge vilda, other than the stand and president of the spanish football federation at the moment while luis rubiales are suspended by fifa, that he told the coach that he no longer held the post. this is something i think many people had been expecting for a while, especially since the luis rubiales scandal blew up a few days ago. he was seen as a very close ally of luis rubiales. jorge vilda also has had quite a tumultuous relationship at times with spain s women s football team. around a year a
apologise for the enormous damage caused by the actions of its president who has been suspended by fifa. the current president of the federation has written a letter distancing the organisation from ruby alice s actions. england s mens foootball squad have been training at st george s park ahead of their euro 2024 qualifier with ukraine. amongst them jordan henderson, who has given his first interview to the media after leaving liverpool to join the saudi arabian pro league. the interview was with the athletic website. in it, henderson says he was really hurt after being criticised forjoining al ettifaq. henderson has been a vocal ally of the lgbtq+ community and his move was criticised by some campaigners, as same sex sexual activity is illegal in saudi arabia. in the interview he says.. mason greenwood has been welcomed by getafe fans as he trained for the first time with his new club. that s ahead of him being offcially presented to fans by the spanish side later on this
Of a star player. smash as they go through! ..and a penalty shoot out. but despite such adversity, the team has prevailed. i think everyone knows how big this is, i think it s been the players dreams for years, so i think everybody already knows that and we know how passionate our nation is back home and how much they d want us to win, but for us, as a process, we have a game plan to execute and like sarina said, we need to play the game of our lives. and so these are the players that stand between england and world cup glory. a little like the lionesses, spain s campaign began slowly. they were beaten 4 0 in the group stage byjapan but it s gathered pace, despite several stars being missing because of a player revolt. coachjorge vilde has been at the centre of the controversy, with some of his squad threatening to quit amid reports of concern over training methods and game preparation,
Is, i think it s been the players dreams for years, so i think everybody already knows that and we know how passionate our nation is back home and how much they d want us to win, but for us, as a process, we have a game plan to execute and like sarina said, we need to play the game of our lives. and so these are the players that stand between england and world cup glory. a little like the lionesses, spain s campaign began slowly. they were beaten 4 0 in the group stage byjapan but it s gathered pace, despite several stars being missing because of a player revolt. coachjorge vilde has been at the centre of the controversy, with some of his squad threatening to quit amid reports of concern over training methods and game preparation, but despite the unrest, spain still have plenty of talent and are the highest ranked team that england have faced here. translation: there will be | a tactical battle and it will be a competitive battle. we are going to fight with all of spain s weapons,