Team coming into the world cup. To come out of a group where nobody gave them hope, they lost 6 0 in the opening game to germany. What was so impressive about that was the togetherness they showed. I also like the fact that the girl that wore the hijab, for the growth of the game, i think for muslim women and young girls to see a female play in a major tournament, on such a big stage, i think that visibility is crucial moving forward. So here they are taking their place in the Knockout Stage where theyll play france. Thatll be the final last 16 match. It all starts on saturday with spain against switzerland. Holders the usa meet sweden on sunday. While european champions england face nigeria, one of the now three teams from africa whove qualified from the groups. That is on monday. Seven time super bowl champion tom brady has become the latest High Profile Sports star to get involved with an English Football Club. Lebronjames has a small share in liverpool, jj watt is a burnley shareho
On nutrition and opening up possible new commercial deals. Brady retired from playing earlier this year, while birmingham finished 17th in the championship and havent been in the Premier League since 2011. The saudi pro leagues remarkable Spending Spree on players is set to continue, according to one of its leading executives. Sadio mane is the latest in a long list of stars heading to saudi arabia, joining the likes of cristiano ronaldo, Karim Benzema and riyad mahrez, and sports Media Executive peter hutton, who is on the board of the countrys league, says its unlike anything he has seen before. It is remarkable. Ive worked in sport for a0 years now and ive never seen a project as big as this. Its ambitious as this. And may be as determined as this, to be a success and a thing that really attracted me to it is the fact that its notjust about headline players and the big Glamorous Transferfee and the big Glamorous Transferfee and wages, its also about the whole saudi football infrastr
You expecting . I think there will be a rate rise and everyone you expecting . I think there will be a rate rise and everyone is a rate rise and everyone is expecting 0. 25 from the bank today. The challenge it has is that its looking at what inflation has already done and we know Interest Rate rises take quite a while to filter through. Rate rises take quite a while to filterthrough. Is rate rises take quite a while to filter through. Is any danger here that rates go too high and therefore strangle the economic recovery . There is always a risk when putting Interest Rates up, its a really hard job to do. To know that when youre putting your foot on the accelerator that is going to do the right thing because there are lots of lags in how long it takes. In general, you get the sense of the Bank Of England and the message, they are more concerned about doing nothing, they feel that they can dial back on that a little bit more than letting inflation continue to persist. Obviously, the ris
Tom brady has become the latest High Profile Sports star to get involved with an english football club. Lebronjames has a small share in liverpool. Jj watt is a burnley shareholder. And now brady has become a minority owner at a second tier team. Heroes the deal. I am officially coming on board at birmingham football club. Birminghams new owners say theyve entered into a partnership with the nfl legend, who will become the chair of an advisory board, offering up his expertise on nutrition and opening up possible new commercial deals. Brady retired from playing earlier this year, while birmingham finished 17th in the championship and havent been in the Premier League since 2011. Well, theres another world cup going on right now, and there was a significant win for england Over Australia in the Netball Tournament in cape town. Both had qualified for the semi finals before their meeting, but englands 56 55 victory is their first over the world number ones in this competition. Jamaicas win
Wales and South West England probably seen fewer showers this afternoon and probably more sunshine. A few light showers coming and going in Northern Ireland and frequent showers in northern scotland today. A cool day, temperatures below par for the time of year. Showers keep going tonight across North East Scotland and england with temperatures between 11 and 14. Tomorrow we do it all again. Another showery day. Most starting on a dry note with sunshine and showers getting going in the afternoon. They will favour Eastern England because here we have a Convergence Zone with wind being bashed together and the showers are most likely to form. Away from that you have a decent chance of dryness tomorrow afternoon with sunshine coming through. Temperatures between the high teens and low 20s. However, we have more rain in the forecast and those totals are mounting up, particularly as we get into saturday. We are only three days into the new month and parts of Southern England have already had