While back home still one more sleep to go for these fans and millions of others preparing to watch the World Cup Final against spain in sydney. Elsewhere a goal down, then a man down, but still liverpool win in the premier league. Also coming up on sportsday. Kjt clinging on to the top three. She s one of the british medal hopes as the World Athletics Championships gets under way. And will this effect Warren Gatland s world cup squad selection . Wales beaten heavily by south africa. Hello again. Welcome along to sportsday. For theirfans back home it s the night before. But for the lionesses it s already the morning after. England are waking up on the day of the women s World Cup Final knowing that only spain stand between them and a significant slice of history. Our Sports Editor dan roan is in sydney and sent us this report. A strong will and an undying belief. England into the World Cup Final. And this is a tournament the lionesses have had to battle through, overcoming injury, the
we ll look ahead to what could be a defining week at the top of the table. after protesters disrupted the world snooker championship, we ll tell you how security s being stepped up at the crucible. i ll be very surprised if the protocols that were in place at the crucible yesterday are in place today. also coming up on sportsday before 7. how a special piece of kit s transforming how one woman s competing at this year s london marathon. we start tonight with the mountain chelsea have to climb if they re to salvage anything from this season. 2 0 down from the first leg, they need at least three goals against real madrid to remain in the champions league. a change of owner, half a billion pounds spent, yet another manager. nothing s transformed chelsea s fortunes so far as patrick geary reports. and so to chelsea s at last remaining bridge, the final road forward in a season of missed earnings runs through real madrid at stamford bridge but they have made things hard for themse
you re watching bbc news. now is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m paul scott live at the bbc sport centre. a hammer blow as arsenal drop points in the premier league title race with west ham coming from 2 0 down to earn a draw. chelsea s quest for the treble is still on as emma hayes side reach the women s fa cup final with a narrow victory over aston villa. and jessica gadirova leads the way for great britain with a third gold medal at the european gymastics championships in turkey. hello and welcome to the programme. it could turn out to be a pivotal sunday at both ends of the premier league, after west ham came from 2 0 down to earn a point against league leaders arsenal. it s a result that leaves the gunners 4 points clear of second placed manchester city having played a game more. whilst it s a boost to west ham s survival chances. olly foster reports. with manchester city breathing down their necks, arsenal knew they could ill afford any more slip
when the taliban took power in afghanistan in 2021, the freedom and safety of women they immediately came under threat. it was especially true of female footballers at risk because they play the sport taliban considered un islamic. after a campaign the british press, 35 players were evacuated to the uk and given the right to stay here. but last week an article on the bbc news website and report shown newsnight said 13 of those flown to britain were not top tier footballers as had flown to britain were not top tierfootballers as had been claimed. tier footballers as had been claimed. . . claimed. there is resentment amonu claimed. there is resentment among genuine claimed. there is resentment among genuine players - claimed. there is resentment among genuine players now. among genuine players now living under taliban rule in afghanistan. but others got out apparently pretended to play for teams they did not. i spoke to aisha and sara, not their real names, and their words a