Team coming into the world cup. To come out of a group where nobody gave them hope, they lost 6 0 in the opening game to germany. What was so impressive about that was the togetherness they showed. I also like the fact that the girl that wore the hijab, for the growth of the game, i think for muslim women and young girls to see a female play in a major tournament, on such a big stage, i think that visibility is crucial moving forward. So here they are taking their place in the Knockout Stage where theyll play france. Thatll be the final last 16 match. It all starts on saturday with spain against switzerland. Holders the usa meet sweden on sunday. While european champions england face nigeria, one of the now three teams from africa whove qualified from the groups. That is on monday. Seven time super bowl champion tom brady has become the latest High Profile Sports star to get involved with an English Football Club. Lebronjames has a small share in liverpool, jj watt is a burnley shareho
Wave of support from top performers. All of those stories here in just a moment. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres lizzy. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Were starting with the the news today that the future of the Commonwealth Games and its viability is being questioned, after alberta announced theyre cancelling their bid to host the 2030 event. It follows victoria, in australia, who also pulled out of staging the next games in 2026. Our correspondent, alex capstick, tells us where this leaves the games. It would seem to be in crisis. Without a house for the next two editions. Although they insist there is ongoing dialogue with potential hosts. It has been suggested india or malaysia might lodge a bid. But one committed and prepared to meet all of the financial demands of staging such a Big Multisports event has increasingly difficult. Fifa is investigating an official complaint that the zambia head coach, bruce mwape, sexually assaulted a player at the
Former President Trump was then read his rights he entered a not guilty plea. The next hearing set for the morning of august 28th. These are the four charges donald trump is facing in this case. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The indictment also mentioned six Co Conspirators, who have not been charged. Mr trump has now left washington on his private plane. Before boarding, he made a brief statement. This is a very sad day for america. And it was also very sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that i left. Its a very sad thing to see it. When you look at whats happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person thats le
This was billed as a high level delegation that was meant to go to meet with the top Military Leaders to try and get them to step down. Part of this delegation was a former Military Leader of nigeria, neighbouring nigeria, and then also an influential cleric. But the information we are getting right now is that this delegation was in the country forjust a few hours. They met some members of the military but they didnt really meet the top man himself, general abdourahamane tiani, or the deposed president , to try and mediate between the two of them possibly. We understand the delegation has now left. They reason why this is also important is because ecowas, the military bloc, had given the military a deadline of this sunday to step down, or otherwise they might use force to remove them from power. So right now the scene is set for this countdown to sunday to see if the military steps down, and if doesnt what happens next. You mentioned that deadline. Is it any clearer whether that inter
new york state attorney general s office is this investigation into the cramped family real estate business continues to, we ve got all the details in a live republic of the white house visit go back tonight for claiming that you and july economic report shows the opposite impression to critics pointing out it s actually still at near record high labels and very far from the tribeca nancy mace quiz and live in a bit. is begin with all the fired from the fbi and the doj on the mar-a-lago raid front. kevin corke has the latest from washington. attorney general merrick garland continues to ignore calls for more transparency following the raid over at mar-a-lago. sources telling fox news denied that his position is no on camera remarks and no written statements explaining the unprecedented decision to search the home of former president trump a move that s frankly been decried by critics as politically motivated and far, far outside the bounds of legal necessity. critics have a