whoever wins this will be remembered forever for being the team that hoisted the women s world cup trophy for the first time in their nation s history. check out the scene live in london. it is on and hopping. countless watch parties all over england for the lionesses. meanwhile, the world number one s tennis player is on their side. alcaraz is scribbling out a message. can t wait. men s soccer now. in less than a month lionel messi has taken miami from the worst to a title. leo letting loose. tenth goal in seven matches. one, two, three, four, five, six defenders around him and the goalie. doesn t matter.
half. the team captain, 23 years old, with the goal. history on the line for both teams. whoever wins will be remembered as the team that hoisted that women s world cup trophy for the first time in their nation s history. amanda davis is there for this. in this match ends in time, she will bring us the sights and sounds. thank you, coy. next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. good morning to cnn this morning. it is sunday, august 20th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we are watching very closely the southwest where they are preparing for hurricane hilary as it closes in on the region. officials are warning of historic and catastrophic flooding. people are sandbagging their creating sandbags to put outside their homes and events are
together. reporter: for all the records this tournament has set in milestones it s marked for the women s game, ultimately there s only one thing that matters now for these two sides, to have come this far, both in miles and matches played, it s the winning that counts. and becoming just the fifth country in history to get their name engraved on that women s world cup trophy here on sunday. amanda davis, cnn, sydney, australia. it s probably going to be a nail-biter. native americans, they die from preventable illnesses and diseases at higher rates than other americans, partly due to a struggle to find adequate health care. this week s cnn hero is working to change that. our reservation is about 30 miles from the canadian border. we re probably about a good three hours to major hospitals.
emotionally their captain has said it is very much given her side confidence, and they will need that against the japanese team who not only are aside inform but aside that people say are looking for revenge, because it was sweden who broke japanese heart on home soil at the olympics a couple of years ago. knocking japan out in the quarterfinals of the olympic women s football competition, as they went on to claim the silver medal. what both of these sides know is that this is arguably the best chance in a generation to potentially lift this women s world cup trophy. something japan did back in 2011. sweden have never managed to do. the side that will be waiting for them in the semifinal is spain. spain produced a bit of footballing history for them as
-ood fight, to play good matches, to play good football. and if you have that quality good football. and if you have that quality in good football. and if you have that quality in your team you feel relaxed quality in your team you feel relaxed as a coach. after the second -oal relaxed as a coach. after the second goal i relaxed as a coach. after the second goal i was relaxed as a coach. after the second goal i was really happy and i think you have goal i was really happy and i think you have seen it. my hands were not in my you have seen it. my hands were not in my pocket you have seen it. my hands were not in my pocket and i left the ground. fema in my pocket and i left the ground. fema wends and he and his team may never come back down to earth. england and nigeria play in the last 16 tomorrow. the lionesses picked up maximum points to finish top of their group, while nigeria progressed from a tricky group that contained australia and canada. sarina wiegman s side a