through to the last 16. i think they re the lowest ranked 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 they ll play france. that ll 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 who ve qualified from the groups. both had already qualified for the semi finals, but england s victory over australia at the netball world cup was a historic one nonetheless. the roses h
wales and south west england probably seen fewer showers this afternoon and probably more sunshine. a few light showers coming and going in northern ireland and frequent showers in northern scotland today. a cool day, temperatures below par for the time of year. showers keep going tonight across north east scotland and england with temperatures between 11 and 14. tomorrow we do it all again. another showery day. most starting on a dry note with sunshine and showers getting going in the afternoon. they will favour eastern england because here we have a convergence zone with wind being bashed together and the showers are most likely to form. away from that you have a decent chance of dryness tomorrow afternoon with sunshine coming through. temperatures between the high teens and low 20s. however, we have more rain in the forecast and those totals are mounting up, particularly as we get into saturday. we are only three days into the new month and parts of southern england have a
two goals for great britain so far on the day when the paris swimming world championships. susanna was first in the as 550 metres freestyle while also another goals in the 50 hello and welcome to sportsday metre brushstroke. i m gavin ramjaun. england click to dramatic win in the to the net bowl or cup and wheels final ashes test and who also steal through next it but the stuart broad. australia avoid an upset to make the knockouts of the women s world cup in style at the expense of the and they did. next up for them is olympic champions. and players and managers under the spotlight with new rules from next season clamping down on bad fiji. behaviour and abuse. also coming up on sportsday. and they did. next up for them is fi i. ~ , ., and they did. next up for them is fi i. ~ , . ., , ., england look to maintain fiji. i think every game has had the difficulties we their winning streak fiji. i think every game has had the difficulties we have fiji. i think every g
formally see, preston lancashire three times the amount of rain that we usually see in a normaljuly. there is more to come to start august this is the area of low pressure. sitting across us at the moment bringing cloudy sky, breezy conditions across southern britain. barely any sunshine round, probably the best, the far north of scotland into the northern isles, elsewhere, it is wet, widespread rain here and there, some drier interludes but it will stay cloudy, winds will be lighter across the north of the country. breezy in southern britain particularly through the channel there, so of course all that cloud, there, so of course all that cloud, the wind, the rain will impact the temperature, the high teensjust about low 20s in the south, feeling humid and muggy, murky in the south. as we move through this evening, that pressure clears out to the north sea, so conditions improve a bit. we will see clearer spills. and and a muggy feel to things in the south, the low to mid tee
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