Says the flooding there is the worst Natural Disaster in the countrys history. Now on bbc news sportsday with paul scott. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im paul scott At The Bbc Sport centre, heres what weve got for you. History beckons englands netballers reach the World Cup Final for the very first time. The bhoys are back celtic see off ross county, as they make a winning start to the defence of their Scottish Premiership title. And comfortable wins for spain and japan, who are the first teams through to the Quarter Finals of the womens world cup. Also coming up on sportsday more success for Great Britain, as Charlie Hatton becomes Mountain Bike downhill World Champion. And a remarkable comeback from scotland, as they beat france in their world cup warm up. We begin with bit of history for englands netballers. Theyre through to a World Cup Final for the very first time, after a nerve shredding victory over new zealand in cape town. There was nothing separating the two sides heading
england are taking on wales right now in cardiff in their warm up match, more on that in a moment, but ia man scotland completed a quite remarkable turnaround against france at murrayfield to win 25 21. dan 0gunshakin reports. one week closer to the rugby world cup and the time for scottish experimentation was over. a full strength scotland, finn russell, captain for the first time. they faced an unfamiliar france 15 but one that still bristled with attacking intent. some new faces but the same gallic flair on show. as scotland struggled, france fizzed. a second try duly followed. scotland s present wasn t looking bright. a change of ends brought a change of momentum. first, gordon darcy applied