Hello. we start in australia, where the spanish women s football team are celebrating, following their 1 0 victory over england in a gripping world cup final. there was jubilation among the spanish players as they lifted the trophy in sydney, crowned champions for the first time. in spain itself, this was the reaction at the fanzone in madrid as the whistle was blown at full time. the only goal of the game came from the spanish captain olga carmona, who slotted the winner past goalkeeper mary earps in the first half. it means england s wait to win a first women s world cup title goes on. in london, there were tears, hugs and disappointement for the lionesses, who were looking to become the first england senior side since the men s team in 1966
As red flags flew, ferrari s charles leclerc secured a second surprise pole position in a row, but there was disappointement for red bull and max verstappen. nick parrott reports. after being cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, baku was back with a bang. lance stroll the first of five drivers coming to grief like this. to come out on top here you need to stay out of the walls and get into another car s slipstream, just what charles leclerc did in the final session. making the most of the gap in the air made by lewis hamilton s mercedes, he took his ferrari to the top of the timesheets. despite struggling in practice, hamilton followed suit, beating max verstappen s red bull to second. and just as they were preparing for the finalfight, their battle ended early. two crashes in a matter of seconds saw red flags waved and red arms raised.
There s been another upset in the women s draw. elina svitolina s become the seventh top ten seed to be knocked out in the opening week after she was beaten in straight sets by barbora krejcikova. but no problems though for the highest seed left in the women s draw, sofia kenin. she fought back from a set down to beat america sjessica pegula, the fourth seed winning a 6, 6 1, 6 a. it was looking like it might be a tough weekend for lewis hamilton and mercedes but the seven time champion will start tomorrow s azerbaijan grand prix from second on the grid after an eventful qualifying session in baku. as red flags flew, ferrari s charles leclerc secured a second surprise pole position in a row, but there was disappointement for red bull and max verstappen. nick parrott reports. after being cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, berkeley was back with a bang. lance stroll the first of five drivers coming to grief like this. to come