Hello and welcome to sportsday this wednesday night. Im chetan pathak. Coming up on tonights programme. One game away from being World Champions england beat australia to reach sundays final in sydney. Incredible. Weve didnt say where dreaming of the semi but now this is what is the World Cup Final with this group, yeah buzzing. As lionesses fans on both sides of the world celebrate well bring you reaction from australia and england. And with the Cricket World Cup on the horizon, ben stoke reverses his decision to retire from the one day game. Also coming up on sportsday before 7. Well be looking ahead to the Rugby Union World cup too as scotland reveal their squad for the start of the tournament in france next month. Welcome along, thank you forjoining us. As youve been hearing england are World Cup Finalists. The lionesses will awake in sydney in the coming hours and begin their preparations for one more match. If they can beat Spain On Sunday The European champions will be World Cha
The winner couldnt be found in 120 minutes, so it went to penalties, with Chloe Kelly Smashing Home the winner to send england through to the last eight. So, a dramatic win for england, who move into the quarterfinals to play colombia orjamaica on saturday. Our Reporterjane Dougall is there. Jane, this was far from comfortable and england will feel fairly fortunate to still be at the tournament. England is also very lucky to be here. Nigeria were the better team throughout the match and they had a couple of chances to have managed to win it and put england out. They wouldnt have been the first big team to have gone out because we have seen in america, the holders, go out. We have seen germany and brazil go out in the group stages. England will be feeling very fortunate indeed that they havent followed suit. There have been a couple of major Talking Points in this match, first of all the shout for the penalty where it looked as though rachel daly was pushed in the box. Many of the fans
england towards past of east anglia. still very mild and temperatures could reach 16 or 17 celsius which could reach 16 or 17 celsius which could make it one of the warmest days we have seen so far this year. the unsettled weather continues on friday and the rain particularly heavy across england and wales but even into the weekend as we leave marks behind and start april, more rain on the way. leave march behind. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on tuesday the 28th of march you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m olly foster. after a strong start to euro qualifying, we ll get the latest from scotland and wales ahead of their matches this evening. beth mead lit up the euros with the lionesses last year but will she be fit for the world cup? hf but will she be fit for the world cu - ? . but will she be fit for the world cu . ? ., ., . but will she be fit for the world cu? . , but will she be fit for th
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the bye bye blues. the tick is removed, sending social media into meltdown. but what does it mean for the future of twitter. and our trust in it. for many of you the blue bird has flown the nest? well the blue tick anyway. if you are a twitter user, you might have had one of those ticks on your account, to authenticate who you are. but now they come at a cost, and yesterday by virtual tweezer, many of the ticks were being removed. the pope, beyonce, jk rowling, christiano ronaldo among many high profile users who ve been hit. the cost for annual subscription at least through android is £11 a month. but some are getting it free, lebronjames, william shatner the author stephen king. not that stephen king knew about it my twitter account says i ve subscribed to twitter blue. he said. there is, though, a serious side to all this. no longer will you have that certainty that the person you follow is who they
the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard masters. w