but we didn't win it, but we won this game and its an incredible stadium, an away game, and the way we played, yeah, of course it was a hard game, but again we found a way to win. you're the first coach to take two different nations to a world cup final. how do you keep doing this? i don't know. ijust said, you know, the chance that as a coach or a player you make it to finals is really, really special and we made it to four already. i never take anything for granted, but i am like am i here in the middle of a fairytale or something? those the thoughts of the manager, calling it a fairytale to reach the final. what of the players on the pitch though? let's start with captain millie bright. honestly, i've said it a million times and i will continue saying it, the mentality of this group, i've never seen it before. i think they comes from serena as well and the belief that she gives us within ourselves, also she gives us and, you know, we can play many different ways, i think that is the beauty of this squad. whatever an opponent throws at us we adapt, we find a way to win. and, yeah, just really proud of the girls. i mean, it's hard right now, just feel disappointed. but looking up into the crowd, we have 75,000 people here again, we've kind of captured the nation, so it was a good battle. i mean, we play against these girls week in, week out, we know they are all world class players, so we were up for it and they were up for it, and there wasn't much in it in the end, butjust someone has to lose and it just sucks it was us. the women's game in england has developed over recent years with investment, participation and attendance numbers on the rise. but fans across the country are still keen to see these developments continue. natalie pirks joined supporters as the lionesses set about making dreams become a reality. they say patience is a virtue. england fans have been a model of resolve. decades of deep breaths, of shoulda, woulda, coulda, but now, at the third time of asking, the final beckons. i feel like they are role models for so many young girls across the country. i feel like it's a really big achievement for the whole of the football community. we love you, ella, we do! 0h, ella, we love you! ella toone has proved herself to be the player for the big occasion. for her family watching in manchester, herfirst—half goal gave england lift—off. commentator: ella toone! tooney! and from those just starting their footballing journey... england! ..to those who have been on an emotional roller—coaster with england, the final whistle was time for reflection. well, it's an historic moment already and obviously we are all so proud of what the lionesses have achieved so far. but i think it willjust continue that, it will continue to inspire young people, boys and girls up and down the country and hopefully boost further investment. england, european champions! since last summer, the trajectory of women's football has rocketed. fa figures show an explosion of under—16 girls in particular playing the game and audiences in the women's super league have tripled last season. yeah, it's incredible, that's why we do what we do. especially to get as many young people inspired by football. we are just out here doing what we love and we just want as many people to do what they love too. but the playing field is still far from level. the lionesses came into this tournament embroiled in an unresolved dispute over bonuses with the fa. nike refused to manufacture mary earps's shirt — something she described as hugely hurtful. and we only knew who would be broadcasting the games six weeks before the first match — something that damaged players' full earning potential. sunday's world cup final is a moment, it's a moment and everyone will then be trying to get on board but they have to get on board long—term. there are certain sponsors that have been involved in the game for many years and will now be reaping rewards and i think there will be lots of sponsors and lots of brands that are sitting there thinking, we left it too late. england didn't leave it late. even on a midweek morning, millions watched as they left the green and gold of australia feeling blue. and england are heading for the world cup final! more will surely tune in on sunday for the lionesses' great leap into the unknown. natalie pirks, bbc news. england's opponents will be spain and their squad have arrived in sydney after their dramatic 2—1 semifinal victory over sweden in new zealand on tuesday. preparations now beginning for theirfirst ever world cup final. colombia, who england knocked out in the quarter—finals, have received a homecoming to remember. unfancied going into the tournament, colombia, ranked 21 places lower than england, surprised everyone in australia, seeing off euro 2022 finalists germany in the group stages and progressing in style as they reached the last eight at a world cup for the very first time. champions league winners manchester city have added another trophy to their cabinet after beating sevilla on penalties in the uefa super cup after it finished i—i at the end of 90 minutes. europa league winners sevilla took the lead through youssef en—nesyri's header before cole palmer scored the equaliserjust after the hour mark. the spanish side then missed their fifth penalty after city had converted all theirs and it meant they claimed this trophy for the first time in their history, with pep guardiola winning it for a third time, adding to his triumphs with barcelona and bayern munich. we are really pleased to have already one title in this season. really pleased for the club that this title we didn't have it and now we have it. we missed just one to finish all circle and for this club to win all the titles we can have and what happened in december when we went to saudi arabia to play there, the world cup. i will say we are really pleased. manchester united say they are working "through the final stages" of their internal investigation into the allegations made against mason greenwood having completed what they describe as the "fact—finding phase". charges against the 21—year—old — including attempted rape and assault — were dropped by the crown prosecution service at the beginning of february this year. he hasn't played for the club since january 2022. in a statement released today, the club said the "welfare and perspective" of the alleged victim has been central to their inquiries. they added they also have responsibilities to greenwood as a club employee. some transfer news now because tottenham and lazio are in talks about the potential sale of goalkeeper hugo lloris. the former club captain's future has been under much scrutiny after he expressed a desire to leave earlier this summer. he was left out of the club's pre season tours and the 2—2 draw against brentford which opened spurs' premier league campaign last weekend. lloris still has one year left on his contract so tottenham would be entitled to a transfer fee. seven time grand slam singles champion venus williams has been handed a wild card to the us open later this month. the 43—year—old willjoin caroline wozniacki in the main draw at flushing meadows in new york after the danish former world number one was also among those awarded an entry. williams was beaten in her second round match at the cincinnati open despite having won the first set against china's zheng qinwen. and zheng will now face world number one iga swiatek in the last 16 after the pole crushed american danielle collins winning 6—1, 6—0 over last year's australian open runner up injust 59 minutes. what was supposed to be an amicable joint practice session ahead of the new nfl season turned sour between the baltimore ravens and the washington commanders. ravens wide receiver tylan wallace took a pass while under pressure from cornerback emmanuel forbes, who continued to try and retrieve the ball despite wallace coming to a halt. it sparked a 30—man brawl with body slams and punches thrown, not quite what the coaches had in mind as they prepare for the new campaign. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. we've seen a change in the weather over the last couple of days, a change to something drier, brighter and warmer. and we're going to stick with warm and indeed quite humid conditions over the next couple of days. but on friday, it will turn windy, and some heavy thundery rain will arrive. thursday, though, is going to be quite a quiet day of weather. there'll be some areas of low cloud and mist first thing, tending to lift and clear, and then actually some lengthy spells of sunshine with just the small chance of catching a shower. a bit more of a breeze, though, and with that breeze coming from the east, where you're exposed to it along north sea coasts, temperatures may only get to between 17—20 celsius, but with some shelter from the breeze, parts of western scotland, the north coast of northern ireland up to 22—23 celsius, maybe 26 celsius for the west coast of wales and 27 celsius for parts of central southern england. now as we head through thursday night, we will see again some areas of low cloud developing. the winds will start to pick up across western parts, and we will see a few showers and thunderstorms just starting to break out. temperatures 12—16 celsius. as we get into friday, it is going to turn really quite windy around western coasts as this frontal system starts to squeeze its way in. the white line squashing together, that shows that we will have some quite strong winds. in fact, gusts potentially of 50 to possibly 60mph in exposed parts of northwest wales. one band of heavy thundery rain pushing north eastwards, then a dryer gap, and then some more general heavy rain getting into the southwest later in the day. depending on how quickly the rain arrives, it could again be very warm indeed, and it will certainly be very humid. now, friday night looks really wet as this frontal system drives its way northwards and eastwards, some heavy and thundery bursts of rain. close to the centre of this area of low pressure on saturday, we will also see some showers, particularly across northern ireland, western scotland, maybe some for western fringes of england and wales. further south and east, not as many showers. in fact, it should be largely dry, and, again, quite warm. temperatures up to around 25 celsius in the southeast corner, but 21 celsius for glasgow, 22 celsius in belfast. still mostly dry and fairly warm on sunday, just a few showers around. and then into the start of next week, towards the south of the uk, temperatures could climb a little further. live from washington, this is bbc news. the death toll in hawaii's wildfires rises again, as president biden says he'll visit the affected area. ukrainian prisoners of war say they were tortured by their russian captors. we have a special bbc investigation. plus, a museum mystery: officials at a top british institution say treasures of gold, jewelry and gems have gone missing. hello i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin in hawaii, where the state's governor has confirmed that the deathtoll from last week's maui wildfires has risen again. it comes as only two people have been named as victims of the fires. both are in their 70s. three others were identified but their names are being withheld until their families are notified. here's a bit of what the govenor had to say. we are just a little bit heartbroken because we do have to report that more of our loved ones have been confirmed lost and deceased. 110 individuals have been confirmed deceased. we will get some details about this from our distinguished leaders and police and fire. 38% of the territory has been covered. earlier on wednesday, it was confirmed that us presidentjoe biden and the first lady will travel to hawaii on monday to meet the survivors

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