to take the field, just 16 years old and 26 days. this beats the previous record which was made by a nigerian player back in 1999 was 16 and 3a days so despite eight days. it also means that we saw her team have the largest gap of any players. more than 20 years between south korea s youngest and oldest players on the pitch yesterday. the huge moments in the game 16 doesn t that make you feel old fort casey phair. and phillippines managed to beat home country new zealand in another upset? most money was going on in new zealand with this one. we saw them beat norway which was hugely unexpected in their first game last week on the first day of the role cup. the huge underdog but without a doubt a lot of excitement around the philippines fans as you can imagine. we saw in the first half serena bolden, a player who normally lives
i think there s a lot of areas where i think there s a lot of areas where i think it is notjust about money and notjust about kit i think it is notjust about money and not just about kit and facilities. there are so many areas will be a grow and seeing the way the sport is growing as well. i think it is about as as a team believing in the next generation as well having been best possible situation to play football. the action continues tomorrow with three matches kicking off with nigeria against the olympic champions canada in group b. but set your alarms early for that, it s 330 in the morning, live on the bbc. the phillippines against switzerland is next up follow that on the bbc sport website. and at 830, the much fancied spain get their campaign underway, against costa rica watch that on bbc2 and the iplayer. still to come on sportsday. marginal gains the vital piece of kit, which could prove the difference for britain s netballers at the world cup later this month.
The Philippines armed forces have expressed concern over the "alarming" increase in the number of Chinese fishing boats seen in contested areas of the South China Sea, including near the Reed Bank, a region rich in natural gas.
iceland, who face bottom placed phillippines tonight. currently scotland have taken the lead a goal coming in the eighth minute from sophie howard. you can watch the game live on the bbc sport website. suzann pettersen will lead europe fpr consecutive solheim cups after being announced as skipper for the 2021; match in the us. it means the two time major winner will lead europe in consecutive solheim cups and aims to help europe get a hat trick of wins against the us following wins at gleneagles in 2019, which pettersen scored the winning point and the inverness club in toledo in 2021. great britain s olympic gold medal winning sailor eilidh mcintyre has announced her retirement from the sport. the 28 year old won gold in the women s 1;70 event at the delayed tokyo 2020 games, alongside her team mate hannah mills. mcintyre joined british sailing at the age of 15 and during her decade long career won seven medals at major 1;70 class events but thinks now is the right time to let go.