people are evacuating an area further south in the province near the us border, as fires swirl out of control. so far this season, canadian wildfires have burned about 30 million acres of land more than the land area of south korea or cuba. to the women s world cup now there s huge disappointment for the co hosts new zealand, who are out of the competition. they could only manage a draw against group winners switzerland, who are joined in the knockout stages by norway, who thrashed philippines 6 0. and a major shock as colombia have beaten two time champions germany 2 1. ealier we spoke to sports writer and broadcaster nicky bandini following today s huge results in the tournament. we started off by speaking about columbia beating germany. huge, huge result for colombia. such a sort of impressive group and put together so many young players, making a huge difference
start to the tournament. nobody thought they were going to lose that opening game to new zealand, which they did, and then they drew their second game. and you ve got a team with some of the best players in the world in it ada hegerberg, who didn t play this game because she is injured. she s a ballon d or winner. you ve got caroline graham hansen, who is then at odds with the coach but is a brilliant, successful barcelona forward who has been playing in the champions league finals. you ve got serie a s player of the year in that team such a strong norway team. and we hadn t seen a game from them yet at this tournament, and finally it is like all of those girls showed up all at once. a really big performance from sophie haug in that game today as well. so they got through the group a bit more by the skin of their teeth than they expected to, but the important thing is to be into the knockout rounds. nicky, it is sad news, isn t it, for new zealand. the hosts are out. but i guess gr
russians are determined to win. steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow. to the women s world cup now there s huge disappointment for the co hosts new zealand, who are out of the competition. they could only manage a draw against group winners switzerland, who are joined in the knockout stages by norway, who thrashed philippines 6 0. and a major shock as colombia have beaten two time champions germany 2 1. live now to sports writer and broadcaster nicky bandini. nicky, it s been yet another busy day, one of the biggest in the tournament. what s your thoughts on the results today? let s start with colombia beating germany, impressive that they have put together so many young players making a huge difference to their team. they did reach the final of the clip america last year but
at least russian influencers and those who are trying to exploit the chaos, so to speak, would possibly step in. and i wouldn tjust look towards russia. i mean, we can also consider other issues at play, such as the presence ofjihadists in the region and how those groups also exploit some of the confusion around lack of governance and lack of security in situations like this. to the women s world cup now there s huge disappointment for the co hosts new zealand, who are out of the competition. they could only manage a draw against group winners switzerland, who are joined in the knockout stages by norway, who thrashed philippines 6 0. and a major shock, as colombia have beaten two time champions germany 2 1. earlier i spoke to sports writer and broadcaster nicky bandini about today s huge results in the tournament. we started off by speaking about colombia beating germany.
in the world in it ada hegerberg, who didn t play this game because she is injured. she s a ballon d or winner. you ve got caroline graham hansen, who is then at odds with the coach but is a brilliant, successful barcelona forward who has been playing in the champions league finals. you ve got serie a s player of the year in that team such a strong norway team. and we hadn t seen a game from them yet at this tournament, and finally it is like all of those girls showed up all at once. a really big performance from sophie haug in that game today as well. so they got through the group a bit more by the skin of their teeth than they expected to, but the important thing is to be into the knockout rounds. nicky, it is sad news, isn t it, for new zealand. the hosts are out. but i guess great news for morocco because they scored their first goal in the tournament. yeah, unfortunately new zealand are the first world cup hosts not to make it through the group stage. at the same time, if you