after knocking out the hosts, australia, in the semi final. they ll face spain on sunday in their first ever world cup final, in the hope of lifting the trophy and completing a remarkable double of being both european and world champions. our sport correspondentjane dougall is in sydney. good dougall is in sydney. morning. a glorious backgrol but good morning. a glorious background but what a glorious result. yes. good morning. a glorious background but what a glorious result. but what a glorious result. yes, i don t think but what a glorious result. yes, i don t think it but what a glorious result. yes, i don t think it has but what a glorious result. yes, i don t think it has fully but what a glorious result. yes, i don t think it has fully sunk - but what a glorious result. yes, i don t think it has fully sunk in - don t think it has fully sunk in yet, really. icannot don t think it has fully sunk in yet, really. i cannot tell you how intimidating that stadium was last night
and england close to being knocked out before scoring an equaliser and then a winner in extra time which clinched victory but england will have more inside knowledge with two of the lionesses playing their club football in spain. i of the lionesses playing their club football in spain. football in spain. i am excited. fantastic players, football in spain. i am excited. fantastic players, myself - football in spain. i am excited. fantastic players, myself and l football in spain. i am excited. - fantastic players, myself and keira walsh fantastic players, myself and keira walsh moved to barcelona last month because walsh moved to barcelona last month because they are the best team in europe because they are the best team in europe and we won the champions league europe and we won the champions league together but yeah, they are players league together but yeah, they are players i league together but yeah, they are players i play with every single day, players i play wit
spain have been the form a team of the tournament in the world cup despite being a divided camp. the coach has been heavily criticised for his selection and tactics and his coaching ability and also his relationship with the players, this was building up to the tournament and several were frozen out of the team before being recalled and coming back in and some didn t, so this backdrop of a divided football team is quite surprising when you consider how well they have done so far. , ., ., , consider how well they have done so far. , ., ., , far. it s not really something you d ho -e for, far. it s not really something you d hope for, division, far. it s not really something you d hope for, division, but far. it s not really something you d hope for, division, but it far. it s not really something you d hope for, division, but it hasn t - hope for, division, but it hasn t affected them so full. affected them so full. they can continue in affected them so full. they can contin
the family of a pregnant woman killed by a speeding driver is given the go ahead to challenge her killer s sentence for being too lenient. i will be looking at the clean air zones, the arguments for and against and the impact they are having on cities and businesses up and down the country. in sport, a first trophy of the season for manchester city as they beat sevilla on penalties to be crowned european super cup champions. good morning. some early mist and fog patches to clear then for most of us it will be a dry day with variable cloud, sunny spells and just an outside chance of a shower. all of the details later in the programme. it s thursday the 17th of august. england s lionesses are just one game from world cup glory
football fans will go and watch england play and enjoy it and the supporters, the majority will be english fans, outnumbering spain in a big way. the majority of australians will be going to the spanish, i m sorry to bring that to you. spanish, i m sorry to bring that to ou. ., ., y spanish, i m sorry to bring that to ou. ., ., , ., . ., you. there we go! lovely to chat. en o the you. there we go! lovely to chat. enjoy the weekend you. there we go! lovely to chat. enjoy the weekend whatever - you. there we go! lovely to chat. - enjoy the weekend whatever happens. thank you. i enjoy the weekend whatever happens. thank ou. let s take a look at today s papers, all of them are leading on the lionesses big win in sydney. the daily mirror crowns the england team the history girls . their semifinal victory against australia makes them the first england women s team to make it to a world cup final. what s so nice about this sequence of front pages, it s not very often in this world that we