alyssa healy with a breathtaking record breaking innings, taking the total up and the title beyond england. the rocket, ronnie o sullivan. at the crucible, a familiar sight, but one that feels more impressive every time. ronnie o sullivan, equalling stephen hendry s record of seven world snooker titles. upsetting the odds at aintree, noble yates, a 50 to 1 winner in the national and a priceless final ride for amateur jockey sam wayley cohen. a new chapter in the history of this grand old competition. huddersfield giants almost caused a surprise at the challenge cup final. that s before a dramatic late try won it for wigan. wigan, the challenge cup winners 2022. by may, club football was reaching its climax. it wasn t always certain. indeed, only in the last few minutes of the premier league season did things turn around and become clear.
menna fitzpatrick was already a superstar of the british team. she returned with two medals, silver and bronze. that s despite covid forcing a late, late change in guide. in warmer climes, england s women had a cricket world cup to defend, something they d never done before, and in truth, didn t look much like doing this year either, at least not after losing their opening three games, but then a reverse sweep. five consecutive wins saw them over the boundary and into the final. australia, though, were waiting. alyssa healy with a breathtaking record breaking innings, taking the total up and the title beyond england. the rocket, ronnie o sullivan. at the crucible, a familiar side, but one that feels more impressive every time. ronnie o sullivan, equalling stephen hendry s record of seven world snooker titles upsetting the odds at aintree, noble yates, a 50
it up to his captain harry kane, he is one goal shy of equalling wayne rooney as england s record goal scorer, he is one of eight players who have scored in qatar. contrast that will france, the world champion, three players have scored, one of those is mbappe and they have conceded in every game so far, they have yet to keep a clean sheet. southgate says the team will have to be brave and street wise against a france who might be missing key players but they are still possess incredible talent. last night we saw two penalty shoot outs, and given that 17 months ago england were on the receiving end of another one, in the receiving end of another one, in the euros final against italy, their seventh out of nine in major men s tournaments these fans we have spoken to, they will be hoping we don t see a repeat oaf that again tonight. tonight.
huge drama we had last night and huge drama we had last night and huge dram ma just now as you heard from nesta and the winner will play morocco in the semifinal. 0f from nesta and the winner will play morocco in the semifinal. of you can imagine thejoy morocco in the semifinal. of you can imagine the joy that has brought to the streets of casa blanca, their fans have seen them beat belgium, spain and now portugal. gareth southgate is going to stick with an unchanged side. england vie to win their third consecutive world cup match for the first time since 1990. history may favour france, england have only one once in the last eight meetings between the sides but at major tournaments during gareth southgate s reign we have seen steady progression, they have talent in abundance and there is a real feeling if they are going to win the world cup, the time is now. southgate says all the talking has been done, he has nothing more to say to the players, he will leave it all to harry kane, kan
teams tipped to win the 22 world cup. but then, so were argentina and germany. wendy urquhart, bbc news. there is a feeling here that anything could happen especially with some of the favourites in the team after the results so far but everyone is looking forward to seeing result playing especially with neymarjust two goals short of equalling to s all time record so a final result already to date, switzerland one, cameroon zero and it is goalless right now between south korea.